Genuinely want to understand why some people are so against Flatpak. The sandboxing alone makes it worthwhile for me. Yes the file sizes are larger but storage is cheap.
What is your packaging format of choice and why?
Flatpak vs native packages - the eternal debate
2 weeks ago
4 Replies
2 weeks ago
Flatpak for GUI apps, native packages for CLI tools and system utilities. Best of both worlds and no compromises.
2 weeks ago
The portal system and permissions are what sold me on Flatpak. My browser literally cannot access my home directory unless I explicitly allow it.
1 week ago
Snap is the real enemy here. At least Flatpak is community-driven. Canonical forcing Snap on Ubuntu users is what drove me to Fedora.
1 week ago
AppImage gang. Single file, no daemon, no store, works everywhere. Just chmod +x and run. Why overcomplicate things?