More posts about “snap store”

Snap Store Restricts Uploads After Potential Security Incident

Canonical is enacting manual reviews for all newly registered uploads to its Snap Store following what it describes as a ‘potential security incident’. The company is responding to user reports that a couple of recently […]

29 September 2023
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That ‘Unofficial’ Snap Store We Loved? It’s Becoming Official

Did you read my post on the 'unofficial' Snap Store for Ubuntu and come away as excited as I am about it's potential? Well, I've got an interesting update…

16 September 2022
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This Unofficial ‘Ubuntu Software’ App is Better Than Ubuntu’s Actual One

I try an interesting (but unofficial) software app being developed by the Ubuntu Flutter community. Despite being alpha quality it's already looking great.

30 August 2022
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Steam is Now on the Snap Store, And You Can Help Test It

Steam is available as a Snap app. Ubuntu developers announced the news at LAS, and are inviting Ubuntu gamers to try it out, test it, and provide feedback.

29 April 2022

Ubuntu 22.04’s Snap-Only Software Store is a Bug, Not a Feature

I've seen a few people mention that Ubuntu 22.04 doesn't lets you search for, browse, or install .deb packages from the Ubuntu Software app. This is a bug.

30 March 2022
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Is Souk the Flatpak App Store Experience We’ve Been Waiting For?

A slick new storefront to find and install Flatpak apps? Count me in! Souk is a new, independent Flatpak manager built in GTK 4 & Rust – and it looks epic!

9 December 2020

Does the Snap Store Use Too Much Memory?

The Snap Store app Ubuntu 20.10 uses a lot of memory even when it's not running. In this post I opine on the problem and ask if others experience it too.

24 October 2020
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Check Out the Snap Store’s New Distro Install Pages

To help Linux users who want to install Snap apps on non-Ubuntu distributions, the Snap Store has added branded, distro-specific store pages.

13 June 2019