Ubuntu announces full Snap-based desktop version next year

According to news on June 1, Canonical engineer Oliver Grawert recently revealed that in order to meet the needs of different users for operating system build formats, the next long-term support version of Ubuntu next year will provide two A selection of desktop versions available for download.

It is reported that the first version is a default version based on deb, continuing Ubuntu's long-standing tradition; while the second version is a "new experimental version" built entirely based on Snap.

IT House noticed that the deb format originated from Debian, the upstream distribution of Ubuntu, while Snap is a packaging format independently developed by Canonical. Compared with deb, Snap does not need to consider dependency issues, has multiple versions that do not interfere with each other, and is more secure and easier to maintain.

Immutable desktop distributions are becoming a popular trend. This build model was first adopted by distributions such as Fedora Silverblue and EndlessOS. These distributions offer greater security and stability, and support transactional updates and easy rollback. This is the first time that Ubuntu provides enthusiasts with an immutable desktop version based on Snap. However, this version is not provided as a default option, so interested friends in IT House need to choose to download it themselves to try this alternative version.

Yesterday, Canonical developer Till Kamppeter, the project leader of OpenPrinting, said that they plan to use the Snap version of CUPS as their printing system on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur). CUPS is an open source modular printing system for Linux systems. In addition to Linux, this open source printing system is also widely used in Unix and macOS. At present, OpenPrinting has released the Snap version of CUPS in Snapcraft, so friends can also download and install it in advance.

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