Exploring Apps within the Ubuntu Snap Store – Part 27
Today, as usual, at the beginning of each month, we offer you a new publication more from our series of articles (Part 27) about “software available in the Ubuntu Snap Store (USS)”. Which has hundreds of useful, interesting and modern applications.
And in this new opportunity, we will begin with the third publication of our second chosen category, corresponding to 3 more apps from the social applications category, whose names are: Zulip, Discord and Signal Desktop. In order to keep them informed and up to date, with this robust and growing set of applications that is available within the USS Online Software Store.
Exploring Apps within the Ubuntu Snap Store – Part 26
But, before starting this post on part 27 of the “Ubuntu Snap Store” apps, we recommend you explore the previous related content of this seriesWhen you finish reading it:
Snap packages are a special type of app packages for the desktop, cloud and IoT, which are characterized by being easy to install, secure, cross-platform and dependency-free; they are also a universal package format developed by Canonical (Ubuntu). Meanwhile, the Snap Store is, in essence, an online software store, in the style of the existing GNOME and KDE Community stores, in order to publicize each of the available apps and how to install them.
Ubuntu Snap Store Apps #27: Social Apps Category – Part 3
Issue 27: Part 3 on social apps from the Ubuntu Snap Store (USS: Snapcraft.io)
zulip
zulip Zulip is a brilliant and efficient communication software that combines the immediacy of real-time chat with an email threading model. With Zulip, you can catch up on important conversations and ignore irrelevant ones. It offers a useful web version, but also includes a versatile Linux desktop version, which is even better than the web version because it features a cleaner interface, system tray integration, native notifications, and support for multiple Zulip accounts. In short, Zulip is ideal for teams to collaborate effectively and achieve amazing things together. Zulip's organized chat app makes communication far more efficient than other popular apps like Slack and Microsoft Teams, which often encourage chaotic and disruptive communication patterns. Learn more about Zulip
Explore Zulip on the Ubuntu Snap Store (Snapcraft.io)
Discord
Discord Discord is a communication platform that allows users to create real connections through voice, video, and text features, particularly within the world of video games. It's worth noting that, unlike apps like WhatsApp or Telegram, Discord is organized hierarchically. For example, Servers are spaces or communities where anyone can create a private one for their friends or join public servers with thousands of people; Text Channels are spaces organized by topic for writing messages, sending files, and using emojis; and Voice Channels are spaces where you don't need to "call" anyone, as anyone can simply enter the channel and start listening and talking to whoever is there. However, video calls are also allowed in these Voice Channels. Learn more about Discord
Explore Discord in the Ubuntu Snap Store (Snapcraft.io)
Signal Desktop
Signal Desktop Signal is a robust messaging application primarily focused on privacy, security, and transparency. Unlike other commercial platforms, Signal is managed by a non-profit foundation, ensuring its model doesn't rely on selling data or advertising. It stands out for its impressive features and functions, including being considered the world's most secure messaging app thanks to its end-to-end encryption (E2EE), which encrypts everything (messages, calls, photos, files) before it leaves the user's device. This means only the intended recipient can decrypt it. Signal uses its own protocol (Signal Protocol), the standard adopted by even WhatsApp and Google. It's also open source (FOSS), meaning all its code is public and auditable, allowing anyone, especially security experts, to verify that there are no backdoors for spying on users. Finally, it guarantees minimal data collection. This is very valuable, because unlike other apps that store information about who you are and who you talk to (metadata), Signal promises that it will only know when you created your account and when you last logged in. And it won't store contact lists or call logs on its servers. Learn more about Signal Desktop
Explore Signal Desktop in the Ubuntu Snap Store (Snapcraft.io)
Finally, to learn and explore more Apps in the Social category within the "Ubuntu Snap Store" We've included the following link: Socials.
Summary
In summary, if you liked this third post about these 3 new applications in the social applications category (Zulip, Discord and Signal Desktop), which are part of a huge set of many that we can find within the «Ubuntu Snap Store», the Canonical Official Store for Ubuntu Software (Snapcraft.io)If you'd like, please share your thoughts on these topics. Or, if you prefer, on some of the others we've already covered, or on any others you'd love to hear about in the future.
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