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|title        = Snap Store
 
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{{Infobox game/row/developer|Canonical Ltd}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/developer|Canonical Ltd}}
 
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'''Key points'''
 
'''Key points'''
{{++}} "The app store for Linux."
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{{ii}} [[DRM]]: Most games are open-source freeware. A select few require serial keys or online accounts.
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{{ii}} Architectures: Virtually all games support 64-bit (amd64). Many games also support one or more of the following: 32-bit (i386), ARM32 (armhf), ARM64, PowerPC (ppc64el), and System z (s390x).
 
{{++}} "Snaps" are easy to install (on almost all variants of Linux), secure, and dependency‐free.
 
{{++}} "Snaps" are easy to install (on almost all variants of Linux), secure, and dependency‐free.
 
{{++}} Natively integrated into recent versions of Ubuntu.
 
{{++}} Natively integrated into recent versions of Ubuntu.
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{{ii}} High overlap with distros' own package repositories.
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{{--}} A majority of the game listings are not handled by the game developers themselves.
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{{--}} Some of the games are unauthorized Wine wrappings of Windows games (although they aren't piracy), a major example of which is [[TrackMania United Forever]]. Some of those game also don't disclose that they're using Wine, as opposed to being Linux ports.
  
 
'''General information'''
 
'''General information'''
{{mm}} [https://snapcraft.io/ Official store]
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{{mm}} [https://snapcraft.io/search?category=games Official store]
 
{{mm}} [https://forum.snapcraft.io/categories Forum]
 
{{mm}} [https://forum.snapcraft.io/categories Forum]
 
{{mm}} [https://snapcraft.io/aboutt About]
 
{{mm}} [https://snapcraft.io/aboutt About]

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Snap Store
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Release dates
Linux 2016
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Key points

DRM: Most games are open-source freeware. A select few require serial keys or online accounts.
Architectures: Virtually all games support 64-bit (amd64). Many games also support one or more of the following: 32-bit (i386), ARM32 (armhf), ARM64, PowerPC (ppc64el), and System z (s390x).
"Snaps" are easy to install (on almost all variants of Linux), secure, and dependency‐free.
Natively integrated into recent versions of Ubuntu.
High overlap with distros' own package repositories.
A majority of the game listings are not handled by the game developers themselves.
Some of the games are unauthorized Wine wrappings of Windows games (although they aren't piracy), a major example of which is TrackMania United Forever. Some of those game also don't disclose that they're using Wine, as opposed to being Linux ports.

General information

Official store
Forum
About


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