Simple example when I wanted to install the latest version of Okular, which came as flatpak. Owing to sandboxing it couldn't do the inverse search from a pdf, calling Emacs to open the tex file that generated the pdf. My workflow was broken. After spending half a day in forums trying to understand how to give more permissions to the flatpak, I finally ditched it and am using the older version from apt. Works seamlessly.
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I disagree. The other day I wanted to install some audio app that came in flatpak install format (I'll check and add the name later). The app was less than 30MB in size, but the installation included 300MB of a previous version of org.freedesktop!
Indeed I didn't really mean to use these terms in a precise way, since my understanding of the matter is very supericial. I was using terms that I read around posts and net. With all these replies I see that there are a lot of grey areas, and a strict dichotomy or classification is meaningless...
Cheers, I had absolutely no idea about these marketing/competition sides of snaps and flatpaks...
I saw another reply called it a "company" indeed. I had no idea!
True that too. I'm realizing it's really a matter and situation with many diverse important factors and degrees. As always, categorization only goes so far...
It's getting really exciting!!
Interesting legal ramifications that I wasn't aware of. Does Canonical own Ubuntu? from what I gather in the other comments, it doesn't really?
Absolutely fair point and warning. In the end we all need to earn money somewhere in order to live. I think the real greyscale distinction is not between "corporate" vs "community", but on whether there's some actor that can act whimsically while remaining unchecked. I believe that the two terms are being used in an oversimplified way in that sense.
I think it's a basic requirement that the data upon which a large language model is trained be publicly disclosed. It's the same as the requirement of writing the ingredients in packaged food. Or in knowing where your lawyer got their degree from. You want to know where what you're using is coming from.