Slack comes to Linux as a snap

Re:Slack comes to Linux as a snap by beal on Thursday January 18, 2018 @01:39PM (#16179950)

I'd like to hear from anyone that is using snaps. I'm currently using Ubuntu 17.10 and have heard of them but haven't noticed them anywhere. Is it something I should consider using? Generally happy with slack in the browser currently.

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Re:Slack comes to Linux as a snap by Animats on Thursday January 18, 2018 @01:45PM (#16180013)

There's a "bug" which requires a Ubuntu account to load "snaps". It hasn't been fixed, despite claims that a Ubuntu account is unnecessary for that function.

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Re:Slack comes to Linux as a snap by toyg on Thursday January 18, 2018 @02:05PM (#16180229)

Uhm, i never had an Ubuntu account and am pretty sure I tried a few snaps last time I checked out Ubuntu.

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Re:Slack comes to Linux as a snap by TingPing on Thursday January 18, 2018 @02:26PM (#16180450)

The software center has the bug, the cli tool works fine.

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Re:Slack comes to Linux as a snap by popey on Thursday January 18, 2018 @03:25PM (#16181023)

Not any more.

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Re:Slack comes to Linux as a snap by popey on Thursday January 18, 2018 @03:25PM (#16181018)

That was a bug, it was fixed just before Christmas.

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Re:Slack comes to Linux as a snap by toyg on Thursday January 18, 2018 @02:07PM (#16180260)

They worked fine in my experience. The isolation is a nice concept, although it pollutes /etc/mtab (each app will appear as a mounted volume). It definitely helps developers not having to worry about .deb and .rpm, you configure a snap and then Ubuntu has automated services that will do all heavy lifting for you.

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