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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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[–] Lamy@lemmy.fmhy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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[–] morsebipbip@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Flatpaks are my second choice when there isn't a recent enough version in the repos. They're fine but take 1. too much storage space, and 2. are usually slower

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[–] 0x2d@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (9 children)

No, because I don't have a very powerful computer

Even if I did, I would still prefer to have native applications because it would be more permissive

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[–] muhyb@programming.dev 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I prefer my binary over every other universal packages.

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[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)

As someone who uses Linux but only kinda, what advantages does flatpack offer over installing something with the provided package manager? (In my case that's apt)

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[–] nobloat@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago

Flatpaks are okay but they take too much space

[–] monobot@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Theoretically I like the idea but in practice too many bugs, too much disk space, not really clear how to change font size for example... and after all that, some apps are not in flatpak. It is not ready for me yet.

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[–] fugepe@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

almost all my apps are flatpaks

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