jamiebennett09

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   The headache of packaging Linux software for multiple distributions(new.zygoon.pl)

   1 points by jamiebennett09 10y ago|0 comments
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   48% of people are unaware their IoT devices pose a security threat(pages.ubuntu.com)

   1 points by jamiebennett09 10y ago|0 comments
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   OpenHAB as a snap(insights.ubuntu.com)

   1 points by jamiebennett09 10y ago|0 comments
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   by jamiebennett09 10y ago

   You should be using just 'libreoffice' on the command line or to be 100% sure, /snap/bin/libreoffice or running it from the dash (second icon per the blog post if you have both deb and snap installed). Why snap run?
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   by jamiebennett09 10y ago

   That would be the same with any platform that does not use some kind of explicit linking/sharing of resources. Snaps have a sharing mechanism called interfaces but yes, the software author has to declare they want to use it, no magic
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   by jamiebennett09 10y ago

   Exactly, you can even have the same application as a snap and a deb. PATH resolution will call the first one defined in your environment but that can be obviously be changed and when you are happy with the snap-only offering you can remove
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   by jamiebennett09 10y ago

   Generally the snap will be much more up to date. Installing from the Ubuntu Archive with apt-get means you get the version that was released with that version of the OS, say Ubuntu 16.10, sometimes with minor updates. With Snaps you get the