Snappy Ubuntu Core for Embedded and IoT Devices – open source for you.

Are snaps open source?

For the more casual user, snap is just a way to get the software they want as quickly as possible. … While the underlying software is still open source, the snap packager breaks with long tradition of having the distribution of the software also being open and free.

What is snappy Ubuntu Core?

Today we’re announcing “snappy” Ubuntu Core, a new rendition of Ubuntu for the cloud with transactional updates. Ubuntu Core is a minimal server image with the same libraries as today’s Ubuntu, but applications are provided through a simpler mechanism.