Canonical wants better Snap support outside of Ubuntu, based on latest hires

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Cliches, THE autonomous application packages that Ubuntu has long seen as A simpler application store And A potential solution has addiction hell, could be get better support out Ubuntu himself, base on A recent to hire And potentially more.

As spotted by THE Phoronix Blog, developer Zygmunt Krynicki, WHO work has Ubuntu distributer Canonical Since 2012 through 2020, job Friday on Mastodon that he was "to come back as A instant developer later This month." Her main to focus would be be "cross distribution support," Krynicki wrote, And "contrary to In THE pass This will be My complete time job. I am very excited For What East in front For slap.” He Also note, In A later answer, that he was "not future back alone."

Krynicki, reached Monday on Mastodon, note that he was has A very early scene In her work. But he destined has look has THE State of support through distributions, determine which long term And short term work has to focus on, And "work on THE internal components And get things gradually better, even if that East not flashy."

That means refactoring a few of THE coded And, "if realistic, change a few of THE old ideas that I believe socket THE project back," Krynicki wrote. THE challenge will be discovery manners has "experience with new ideas In manners that allow control but more fast progress," while maintain stability. But all of that needs discuss with her team, When they are fully In place, Krynicki wrote.

That team And their work would be indicate that THE Ubuntu creators to have listen has maybe THE most common critical of Cliches, if perceptual, logistics, Or both: that Snaps are A Focused on Ubuntu phenomenon. Instant packages to have difficulty functioning without AppArmor, A core extension that East A default In Ubuntu but not each other Linux distribution.

Canonical Also maintains THE Instant Store. While other stores of Snaps are possible, a few distributions And software packers to have turned instead has Flatpack, A in the same way containerized system that doesn't to have deep ties has any of them A distribution.

Ubuntu offers A entirely containerized, Focused on Snap version of Ubuntu For the Internet of Things (IoT) And edge computing devices, Ubuntu Heart. It is Also functioning towards A entirely Snap-based desktop computer offer, However THE business note that Snaps "are A little famous For having a few rough edges on THE desk." Because they are fully containerized environments, Snaps tender has to use more disk space And can to have to start up time And performance problems, along with clumsy Or limit interaction with other aspects of THE desktop computer And other applications.

Ars reached out has Canonical For comment on This job, And We will update with any of them new information.

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Canonical wants better Snap support outside of Ubuntu, based on latest hires
Snap Snap store icons Enlarge Canonical/Ubuntu

Cliches, THE autonomous application packages that Ubuntu has long seen as A simpler application store And A potential solution has addiction hell, could be get better support out Ubuntu himself, base on A recent to hire And potentially more.

As spotted by THE Phoronix Blog, developer Zygmunt Krynicki, WHO work has Ubuntu distributer Canonical Since 2012 through 2020, job Friday on Mastodon that he was "to come back as A instant developer later This month." Her main to focus would be be "cross distribution support," Krynicki wrote, And "contrary to In THE pass This will be My complete time job. I am very excited For What East in front For slap.” He Also note, In A later answer, that he was "not future back alone."

Krynicki, reached Monday on Mastodon, note that he was has A very early scene In her work. But he destined has look has THE State of support through distributions, determine which long term And short term work has to focus on, And "work on THE internal components And get things gradually better, even if that East not flashy."

That means refactoring a few of THE coded And, "if realistic, change a few of THE old ideas that I believe socket THE project back," Krynicki wrote. THE challenge will be discovery manners has "experience with new ideas In manners that allow control but more fast progress," while maintain stability. But all of that needs discuss with her team, When they are fully In place, Krynicki wrote.

That team And their work would be indicate that THE Ubuntu creators to have listen has maybe THE most common critical of Cliches, if perceptual, logistics, Or both: that Snaps are A Focused on Ubuntu phenomenon. Instant packages to have difficulty functioning without AppArmor, A core extension that East A default In Ubuntu but not each other Linux distribution.

Canonical Also maintains THE Instant Store. While other stores of Snaps are possible, a few distributions And software packers to have turned instead has Flatpack, A in the same way containerized system that doesn't to have deep ties has any of them A distribution.

Ubuntu offers A entirely containerized, Focused on Snap version of Ubuntu For the Internet of Things (IoT) And edge computing devices, Ubuntu Heart. It is Also functioning towards A entirely Snap-based desktop computer offer, However THE business note that Snaps "are A little famous For having a few rough edges on THE desk." Because they are fully containerized environments, Snaps tender has to use more disk space And can to have to start up time And performance problems, along with clumsy Or limit interaction with other aspects of THE desktop computer And other applications.

Ars reached out has Canonical For comment on This job, And We will update with any of them new information.

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