Ubuntu Core Desktop is an immutable distro, takes a different path than most other immutable distros.
- The entire OS is built using snaps, including the kernel and bootloader
- Uses snaps instead of flatpak
- Prefers LXD over distrobox and other projects that use podman
This honestly seems like one of the only things Snaps could be useful for in the future, considering you can update every component of the system with Snaps in a way that you can’t with Flatpaks.
That said, I still dislike Snaps and I think it would overall be better for Ubuntu to use the standard packaging format that everybody else seems to be converging on; Flatpaks.
Canonical’s been selling commercial support for Ubuntu Core for a while now. Why would they abandon it if it’s working?