https://snapcraft.io/

 

What is a snap?
A snap :

is a squashFS filesystem containing your app code and a snap.yaml file containing specific metadata. It has a read-only file-system and, once installed, a writable area.

is self-contained. It bundles most of the libraries and runtimes it needs and can be updated and reverted without affecting the rest of the system.

is confined from the OS and other apps through security mechanisms, but can exchange content and functions with other snaps according to fine-grained policies controlled by the user and the OS defaults.

 

https://youtu.be/DLxqdf89hRo

 

Why would this be awesome for Unraid?

If I understand correctly... hardware passthrough!

Also https://snapcraft.io/store

 

 

 

12 minutes ago, GreenEyedMonster said:

https://snapcraft.io/

 

What is a snap?
A snap :

is a squashFS filesystem containing your app code and a snap.yaml file containing specific metadata. It has a read-only file-system and, once installed, a writable area.

is self-contained. It bundles most of the libraries and runtimes it needs and can be updated and reverted without affecting the rest of the system.

is confined from the OS and other apps through security mechanisms, but can exchange content and functions with other snaps according to fine-grained policies controlled by the user and the OS defaults.

 

https://youtu.be/DLxqdf89hRo

 

Why would this be awesome for Unraid?

If I understand correctly... hardware passthrough!

Also https://snapcraft.io/store

 

 

 

If not Snap... there is also Flatpak and AppImage.  

In what way does this differ from how we use docker?

After a little more investigating I think i have answered my own question. Snap, Flatpak, and AppImage are more geared to Desktop installations than to the server environment. 

Yeah I don't see us replacing Docker with another app container system any time soon.  Someone would have to REALLY sell us on the benefit of switching to justify it, and I don't see any benefit in SNAP or any of these other options.

Docker has a huge repository of containerized applications, this is not easily replaceable. Not to mention all the customized apps for Unraid made available over the past three years.