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From: Woozy Song <suzyw0ng@outlook.com>
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Subject: Re: What exactly is Snap or Flatpack ?
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2024 08:31:48 +0800
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Lars Poulsen wrote:
> I feel like I have been living under a rock for the the last decade
> whenever people mention /snap/ and /flatpack/.
> 
> 1) Are they the same idea as /kubernetes/, and if not, then what is
>     *that*?
> 2) What is the difference between them (other than that they are two
>     incompatible brands, like /apt/ and /yum/ (aka /dnf/) are functionally
>     the same thing, but incompatible with each other)?
> 
> Is it just packaging the executable with all the libraries it references
> and a wrapper that sets up paths to those libraries, or is there a
> virtual machine involved?
> 
> Do these wrapped applications see the full file system, or is there a
> shell game of /chroot/ and links or loopback mounts to break out?
> 
> At 74 I am old, but I hope to still learn some new things!
> 

Snap is the work of the devil [Ubuntu/Canonical]