Ubuntu opens the era of immutable desktop version, Snap experimental version debuts for the first time

News on June 1st, Canonical engineer Oliver Grawert revealed that in order to cater to different users' needs for operating system build formats, the next Ubuntu long-term support version plans to provide two downloadable desktop version options.

According to the news, the new version of Ubuntu will provide a new experimental version built based on Snap for the first time, as well as the traditional default version based on the deb format. Snap is a packaging format independently developed by Canonical. Compared with deb, Snap has higher advantages in handling dependencies, version conflicts, security and ease of maintenance.

Currently, immutable desktop distributions have become a popular trend, and some distributions such as Fedora Silverblue and EndlessOS have pioneered this build model. These distributions provide greater security and reliability and support features such as transactional updates and easy rollback. This time Ubuntu provides users with an immutable desktop version based on Snap, providing a new choice for enthusiasts, but it is not provided as a default option. Users need to download and try this alternative version by themselves.

In addition, according to yesterday’s report, Canonical developer and OpenPrinting project leader Till Kamppeter plans to use Ubuntu 23.10(Mantic Minotaur) uses the Snap version of CUPS as the printing system. CUPS is an open source modular printing system widely used in systems such as Linux, Unix and macOS. Currently, OpenPrinting has released the Snap version of CUPS, which users can download and install in advance. This move helps improve Ubuntu's printing capabilities and user experience.

It is foreseeable that by providing users with different operating system building format choices, Ubuntu will further meet user needs and provide a more flexible, secure and reliable desktop operating system. Users can choose the appropriate version according to their preferences and needs and experience a new desktop environment.

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