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# Blog posts tagged "squashfs"

#### [What’s in a snap?](https://canonical.com/blog/whats-in-a-snap)

Snaps are several things, all at once. They are confined, standalone Linux applications that bundle all their necessary dependencies, which means they do not need to rely on the underlying system, and can run independently of it. Snaps are also packaged as compressed Squashfs filesystems, using the .snap extension. For most users, they ar

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