Question about Snaps

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sat, 08 Oct 2016 11:41:26 -0500, Chris wrote:
>On Sat, 2016-10-08 at 08:13 -0600, Compdoc wrote: 
>> Every couple of months I hear about snaps, as with your email, and I
>> have a look at it to see if I can find something useful for it.
>> 
>> But haven't found anything yet. If I can ask, what do you use it for?
>> 
>>   
>I have wallpaperdownloader, Blender and PencilSheep installed.
>Wallpaperdownloader is great as the name says, it downloads wallpapers.
>The author is very supportive and is currently working on adding a
>wallpaper changer to it. I haven't messed with the other two yet
>however.

Hi Chris,

IIUC Compdoc wants to know, why you are using snaps, instead of
"regular" packages. At least Blender is available by the official
repositories, there's no need to install it by a snap. IOW what are the
advantages for you to install it by a snap?

Regards,
Ralf