

Now you can close the root terminal and launch the browser using the app menu.

The addition of Opera to the Snap Store enables users of all major Linux distributions to benefit from the auto-updating and security features that snaps provide. Linux Mint 18.3 comes with Snap support available in the repo, which can be quickly installed by the user. Thanks to Snap, you can install bleeding-edge applications even if their dependencies are not compatible with your current version of the distro. The one downside is that the package size increases because of the bundled dependencies. And because they bundle their dependencies, they work on all major Linux distros without modification. Snaps are containerised software packages that are simple to create and install.

For those of you who are not familiar with the Snap format, it can be considered as a static binary alternative - for example, a portable app.
