Ubuntu opens the door to talking with Linux Mint about Snap
Summary
"Canonical designed Snaps based on a number of principles which include security, ease of use and to reduce fragmentation in the Linux ecosystem. But that hasnt stopped Lefebvre from calling the Snapped version of Chromium "similar to a commercial proprietary solution, but with two major differences: It runs as root, and it installs itself without asking you. This covers all supported Ubuntu releases including 14.04 with Extended Security Maintenance (ESM), as well as other distributions like Debian, Fedora, Mint, and Manjaro. Behind this argument between Ubuntu and Mint developers is another argument: On the one side, you have traditional Linux application package delivery programs, such as DEB and APT, Red Hats RPM, and SUSEs ZYpp and YaST; On the other hand, you have the containerized Snap and Red Hats similar software management program Flatpak. Neither users nor independent software vendors must worry about the underlying distro, its version, or available libraries because all the needed components for the application come already bundled.
