Ubuntu 24.04 Plans Switch to Thunderbird Snap from DEB
First up, Canonical’s Thunderbird snap package is now being built using source code rather than repacking upstream binaries.
That subtle-sounding difference offers some decent-sounding opportunities.
For one, the change will allow the Thunderbird snap to be built for architectures other than AMD64, thereby enabling the Thunderbird snap to (theoretically; it’s not currently) be installed in Ubuntu running on, say, the Raspberry Pi — which is neat.
Secondly, by building the Thunderbird snap from source code Canonical says it’s able to make it “more compliant with the Ubuntu standards” — which, again, is neat; we all like software that integrates nicely with our desktops.
Also: After Firefox, Now Thunderbird is All Set to be Snap-i-fied for Ubuntu 24.04
Update
-
Ubuntu 24.04 Aims to use Thunderbird Snap as Default
Like Firefox, Thunderbird email client in Ubuntu is going to be replaced as a Snap app runs in sandbox. Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, is working on porting core apps to Snap package format in recent years. Firefox, Chromium (in system repository), and Ubuntu Software (App Center) are now Snap apps in current Ubuntu releases.