In contrast, DNF packages are much lighter than their snap counterpart because it does not need to bundle dependencies.įor specific usages, you may not find an application unavailable as an easy-to-get app image, not being available on an RPM repository or Flatpak, or those sources are not maintained well compared to the snap option, which is the only reason you would want to install it on your Fedora system. snap package due to having all its dependencies included along with various degrees of slight performance degradation compared to a natively installed application. The other issue with Snaps VS DNF package manager is that Snaps are self-contained, which results in an increased. negatives around Snaps, you may find that there are a few conflicts with specific packages on Fedora given it’s designed to run on Ubuntu-based systems, support may not be as forthcoming. Snap can be installed and, for the most part, work with most packages on Fedora-based systems that are currently actively supported.įor some plus vs. By default, Fedora does not come with Snap or Snap Store installed as this is a feature that was built by developed by Canonical as a faster and easier way to get the latest versions of software installed on Ubuntu systems, and Snap packages are installed from a central SNAP server operated by Canonical.