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Re:Microsoft removes documentation for switching to a local ... by vetinari on Tuesday June 25, 2024 @10:05AM (#40788811)
Snap is a dead-end; but as usual, it takes some time until Canonical realizes that.

If you want to easily distribute commercial applications, use flatpak. You could even have your own flatpak repo for your own products, if you wanted (it is really just static http).

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Re:Microsoft removes documentation for switching to a local ... by tracker1 on Tuesday June 25, 2024 @10:36AM (#40789188)
Snap apparently has a few advantages, like supporting non-gui apps (for servers) which isn't a good fit for AppImage or Flatpak. That said, I generally stick to Docker for server apps.

I agree that the flatpak/appimage/snap options for apps, and in particular commercial apps is a decent idea. I think integration and permissions should probably move to something similar to the UX for phone apps though... it feels weird having to try to configure permissions that should be in the box.

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