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I don't get it. What's the point of using Snaps on server when it's simpler to just run containers?

• Barrin92 5y ago
  snap provides a form of containerization, if you talk about something like Docker, snap is significantly simpler because it's a container for an app rather than a container effectively for an entire VM. Practical example, I use nextcloud as a snap, which requires basically one command, it self updating, shares the same IP as the host whereas each docker container would have a separate ip. If you only want to isolate an individual application on a host system (which is a common use-case) most container technologies are overkill.
  • the_why_of_y 5y ago
    > shares the same IP as the host whereas each docker container would have a separate ip docker run --network=host was available several years earlier than snap.