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Anyone else starting to favor Flatpak over native packages? (lemmy.one)

submitted 2 years ago by DidacticDumbass@lemmy.one to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I am currently using Linux Mint (after a long stint of using MX Linux) after learning it handles Nvidia graphics cards flawlessly, which I am grateful for. Whatever grief I have given Ubuntu in the past, I take it back because when they make something work, it is solid.

Anyways, like most distros these days, Flatpaks show up alongside native packages in the package manager / app store. I used to have a bias towards getting the natively packed version, but these days, I am choosing Flatpaks, precisely because I know they will be the latest version.

This includes Blender, Cura, Prusaslicer, and just now QBittorrent. I know this is probably dumb, but I choose the version based on which has the nicer icon.

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[–] AnonTwo@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

When I first used it it felt like they were usually out of date or missing. But nowadays It seems like I can find like 90% of the apps I use as flatpaks, leaving packages mainly for backend and terminal stuff.

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[–] The_Zen_Cow_Says_Mu@infosec.pub 1 points 2 years ago

recently rebased from fedora to debian, and reinstalling apps through flathub was ridiculously easy because all the settings and data were preserved in /home. also flatpaks incorporate newer mesa than what comes with debian stable, so it's an easy way to stick with a stable distro but also be up-to-date in userspace.

[–] fugepe@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

almost all my apps are flatpaks

[–] DidacticDumbass@lemmy.one 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Nice! May I ask what is your base system?

[–] fugepe@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Opensuse TW.

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[–] ImpossibleRubiksCube@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'll say this. Last time I used Snap, it resulted in a seemingly unfixable GStreamer dependency issue which ultimately required a fresh(-ish) start with a LiveUSB to fix. I installed the package through Flatpak the second time around, and everything runs flawlessly.

Even ethical issues aside, I'll take Flatpak over Snap any day.

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[–] aadil@merv.news 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My experience with Flatpaks has been so stable and hassle-free that it motivated me to switch to Fedora Silverblue.

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