Linux Mint dumps Ubuntu Snap
Summary
Now, Mints programmers, led by lead developer, Clement "Clem" Lefebvre, has dropped support for Ubuntus Snap software packing system. Snap, along with its rivals Flatpak and AppImage, are alternative ways to install applications on Linux systems. As Alan Pope, Canonicals community manager for Ubuntu engineering services, explained at At 2019s Linux Application Summit (LAS), "Its more empowering developers to get their packages into users hands very fast. It was supposed to make it possible to run newer apps on top of older libraries and to let third-party editors publish their software easily towards multiple distributions, just like Flatpak and AppImage. Mind you, "youll still be able to install it yourself and well document this in the release notes, but by default, APT wont allow repository packages from doing this on your behalf.
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