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Ubuntu Snap takes charge of Linux desktop and IoT software distribution

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ZD Net; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols 		Mail this story
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Canonical and Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth said in an interview that he hadn't planned on an announcement about Ubuntu's new Snap app package format. But then in a matter of a few months, developers from multiple Linux distributions and companies announced they would use Snap as a universal Linux package format.

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dosida ·
Hey guys,

I've been reading all kinds of stuff on the snapd and snap packages. Can they be signed? or is it just another 0install just a bit fancier?

I mean it would a bit irresponsible if snap packages could not be signed in a sound way like for example official DEBs can in the stable repository.

How can I trust a snap package hasn't been tampered from the time it was first created or last update to posting its link on the website and up to the moment the file lands on the user's system?

Just curious I guess.

Thanks in advance

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