Canonical To Work On Bettering Snap Assist Throughout Linux Distributions
It appears like 2024 may carry improved help for the Snap app sandboxing/packaging format throughout Linux distributions to higher the general expertise of this Flatpak different exterior the confines of Ubuntu.
Developer Zygmunt Krynicki who labored at Canonical from 2012 by way of late 2020 shared right this moment that he is returning to the corporate to work on the cross-distribution Snap help.
Zygmunt had labored at Canonical on Snapd beforehand earlier than leaving the corporate. He wrote right this moment on Fosstodon:
“I will likely be returning as a snap developer later this month. My most important focus will likely be cross-distribution help. In contrast to previously this will likely be my full time job. I am very excited for what’s forward for snaps.”
It will likely be attention-grabbing to see the place this work leads for bettering Snap help throughout Linux distributions / exterior of Ubuntu. It’ll even be attention-grabbing to see if Canonical manages to lure any of the curiosity away from Flatpak on these different Linux working methods. A technique or one other, attention-grabbing instances forward. With Ubuntu 24.04 being a Lengthy-Time period Assist (LTS) cycle, Canonical will probably be investing so much the following few months in higher sharpening their Snap help on Ubuntu and maybe we’ll see a couple of extra efficiency enhancements too with that being one of many largest frustrations of present Snap use round gradual app start-up time and the like.