Re: snapd vs apt
On 17/02/2023 00:48, winnie hw wrote:
When both snapd and apt sources are available, which one should I choose
for package installation? Though I found the package versions in snapd
are a bit newer than apt.
With snapd you do not have full control when an application is updated.
The daemon decides it for you. It may matter during debugging of some
issue. Attempt to reproduce it in a clean environment may fail because
on latest version is available in snap.
With apt it is possible to setup a custom mirror, e.g. apt-cacher-ng
proxy. A proxy for snap must be registered in Canonical and requires
network connection to their repository.
When some application is packaged for Linux distributions it is easier
to rebuild it with a custom patch. I suspect that a developer
distributing a snap package may use specific and not well documented
build environment.
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