In a June 1st post on the distribution’s official blog, Mint founder Clement Lefebvre made it very clear that the Ubuntu spin-off does not approve of the new package format and wouldn’t include it on base installs. Perhaps the most vocal opponent of snap, and certainly the one that’s got the most media attention, is Linux Mint. But for users concerned with the ideology of free and open source software, it’s seen a dangerous step towards the types of proprietary “walled gardens” that may have drove them to Linux in the first place. For the more casual user, snap is just a way to get the software they want as quickly as possible. Developed by Canonical as a faster and easier way to get the latest versions of software installed on Ubuntu systems, the software has ended up starting a fiery debate in the larger Linux community. Who would have thought that software packaging software would cause such a hubbub? But such is the case with snap.
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