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this post was submitted on 04 Mar 2024
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I get that multiple package managers can be suboptimal (though I don't have a problem with it as long as the integration is good).
But it still seems like a much, much better solution than just not having these applications managed by a package manager, as is the case with AppImages.
True. I would consider another package manager if it integrated into my system nicely and if I had more than a few applications outside my regular package manager. But I only have like two AppImages on my PC anyway, so I don't mind updating them manually when I need to run them.
That is the case for me with Flatpaks. They integrate really well into Fedora Kinoite - you have OS updates and Flatpaks all in a central UI, everything works as expected from any "App Store".
Thats flatpak with flathub. Also described in the post