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by curt15 1712 days ago
>Portability: Snaps works on most distros.

The sandbox doesn't work on any distros that aren't using the latest AppArmor, such as Fedora and derivatives.

Flatpak tries to solve the same problem at least for desktop apps, but with a few key differences:

- The sandbox is implemented entirely using user namespaces, not using Apparmor or Selinux, hence works on basically any modern distro.

- The user remains firmly in the driver's seat in terms of when applications get updated. Yes, you can enable automatic updates, but unlike with snaps, you can also opt out.