Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, has announced that Microsofts Skype is now available as a snap, the universal Linux app packaging format. This snap works natively on all Linux distributions that ...

Snap packages make it possible to install applications on Linux that might not be available otherwise. And although Snap isn't the Linux community's favorite universal package format (that title ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the exciting intersection of Linux and handheld gaming. Snaps, a relatively new development in the Linux world, are ...

While binaries for Slack have been available for Ubuntu and Fedora, other Linux operating systems are not so lucky. To overcome this, Canonical has released Slack as a Snap, which allows Slack to be ...