Yes you are right that snap is available on Debian. But not only Debian but also other "classical" Linux installs.
However, the difference between such snap classical installs and Ubuntu Core is that Ubuntu Core containerised the kernel, minimal OS and applications, but the earlier only containerised applications. Thanks. -- Luther On Tuesday, December 20, 2016 8:14 AM, John Syne <[email protected]> wrote: So my reading of Ubuntu Core, it the containerized system is based on snaps, which are also available on Debian. http://snapcraft.io Regards, John On Dec 18, 2016, at 7:37 PM, 'Luther Goh Lu Feng' via BeagleBoard <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >On Monday, December 19, 2016 at 4:04:47 AM UTC+8, William Hermans wrote: > >> >>On Sun, Dec 18, 2016 at 1:00 PM, 'Luther Goh Lu Feng' via BeagleBoard >><[email protected]> wrote: >> >>Noted your comments. In case it isn't clear, I am referring to Ubuntu >>Core[1], not Ubuntu. My use case, I am looking at deploying BBB as IoT >>gateway devices and I am assessing Ubuntu Core as a distro of choice for IoT >>use case. Thanks. >>> >>>-- Luther >>> >>>[1] https://www.ubuntu.com/core >>> >> >>It's still Ubuntu. Just a minimal version of. > > >I am looking at "containerised operating systems"[1]. At a cursory glance, >Project Atomic and CoreOS didn't seem to have BBB images.I found community >Ubuntu Core images for BBB, and that's why I am evaluating it for use now. > > >If there are any other choices out there, I will be happy to consider debian >based alternatives that are containerised out of the box. Thanks. > > > > >-- Luther > > > > >[1] https://blog.docker.com/2015/02/the-new-minimalist-operating-systems/ > > > > > -- >For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >--- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >"BeagleBoard" group. >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >email to [email protected]. >To view this discussion on the web visit >https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/8105de60-8740-41e2-8f21-43fdd5d34e8f%40googlegroups.com. >For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/topic/beagleboard/NDkfzN8wgmg/unsubscribe. To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/FEE2C8DE-5180-4D5C-9466-6913A6A198B9%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/1257551461.2006428.1482201073222%40mail.yahoo.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
