Snaps are universal Linux packages

Re:Snaps are universal Linux packages by gjjrfcbugxbhf on Friday February 03, 2017 @01:17AM (#13558120)

Docker doesn't work for desktop gui apps. Also it doesn't provide great security sandboxing. Also docker is not the first containerisation solution why not LXC?

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Re:Snaps are universal Linux packages by daveguy on Friday February 03, 2017 @01:46AM (#13558217)

> why not LXC

The git-like version control available with docker or rkt (and apparently these package manager based systems too).

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Re:Snaps are universal Linux packages by fulafel on Friday February 03, 2017 @01:35AM (#13558190)

It works for GUI apps, see eg. https://hub.docker.com/r/tomparys/skype/

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Re:Snaps are universal Linux packages by gjjrfcbugxbhf on Friday February 03, 2017 @01:57AM (#13558258)

OK but now you've forwarded your x you're not really containing the gui app very strongly anymore.

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Re:Snaps are universal Linux packages by fulafel on Friday February 03, 2017 @11:27AM (#13560924)

Docker doesn't support user namespaces properly so this is the situation anyway. Good reason to use LXD - or to run Docker under LXD[1] :)

[1] https://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/04/13/stephane-graber-lxd-2...

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Re:Snaps are universal Linux packages by OJFord on Friday February 03, 2017 @06:47AM (#13559144)

It was far too laggy for real use when I tried with Firefox a couple of months ago.

That might be XQuartz's fault rather than Docker's - I only tried on macOS.

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Re:Snaps are universal Linux packages by satai on Friday February 03, 2017 @01:54AM (#13558252)

X11 only, no Wayland :-/

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