4d ago

I hate people who only release their App on flatpak

For context: I habe a PC with an 8gb SSD and I somehow need to get an app on there that only has a flatpak release

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Everyone brazenly saying Flatpak is the best install package management system has stockholm syndrome.
- It is the best one for people that don't know a lot about linux. Many people are at a loss when they read basic errors like fatal error: <header>.h: No such file or directory or ld: cannot find -l<library>. Flatpak solves a lot of that by specifically including all of it in the installation.
  So ye, for non-power users, flatpak is the best package manager. It also has only one downside, which is the increased storage requirement for apps as they have to bring all of their dependencies themselves, which is okay these days as storage isn't that expensive anymore.
  And everything is better than fucking snap if we're honest for a second.
  
  I really don't understand the flatpak hate. Stuff doesn't magically work across distros, and app devs don't usually want to debug every major one. If you're running linux on a thinkpad from 2004, sure, it wouldn't be the best but most people can probably afford the overhead.
  
  Linux people tend to have very strong opinions lol. I don't get the hate either, but I do understand why people dislike the thought of having the same library lying around multiple times. I am one of those "purists", but that's why I compile most things from source
- Like much software, it's great - for some situations. And ugly for others.
- Agreed. Snap is. It can do desktop and system components.
  
  And you get the glorious security of beingwatched over by a profit-focused company and protected by a closed to proprietary server.
- I miss the days when packages were only available as deb or tar.gz
  Edit: /s
  
  I don't : )
  
  Me neither, I really like the usability of flatpak

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