What exactly is Snap or Flatpack ?

From	Lars Poulsen <lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	What exactly is Snap or Flatpack ?
Date	2024-10-19 19:00 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<slrnvh80eq.2vpb7.lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com> (permalink)

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I feel like I have been living under a rock for the the last decade
whenever people mention /snap/ and /flatpack/.

1) Are they the same idea as /kubernetes/, and if not, then what is
   *that*?
2) What is the difference between them (other than that they are two
   incompatible brands, like /apt/ and /yum/ (aka /dnf/) are functionally
   the same thing, but incompatible with each other)?

Is it just packaging the executable with all the libraries it references
and a wrapper that sets up paths to those libraries, or is there a
virtual machine involved?

Do these wrapped applications see the full file system, or is there a
shell game of /chroot/ and links or loopback mounts to break out?

At 74 I am old, but I hope to still learn some new things!

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What exactly is Snap or Flatpack ? Lars Poulsen <lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com> - 2024-10-19 19:00 +0000
  Re: What exactly is Snap or Flatpack ? Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2024-10-19 19:55 +0000
    Re: What exactly is Snap or Flatpack ? Phillip Frabott <nntp@fulltermprivacy.com> - 2024-10-19 17:32 -0400
      Re: What exactly is Snap or Flatpack ? Lars Poulsen <lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com> - 2024-10-20 01:11 +0000
        Re: What exactly is Snap or Flatpack ? stepore <stepore@be.here.now> - 2024-10-19 20:40 -0700
          Re: What exactly is Snap or Flatpack ? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2024-10-20 03:57 +0000
            Re: What exactly is Snap or Flatpack ? not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2024-10-21 07:02 +1000
  Re: What exactly is Snap or Flatpack ? Woozy Song <suzyw0ng@outlook.com> - 2024-10-20 08:31 +0800

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