TBH if it’s just for that I’d rather use nix packages.
But flatpak’s sandboxed app are better for sus packages or proprietary-might-spy-everywhere packages.
I rarely encounter them. But they usually work when I do. But, ugh, they’re just kinda gross. Like, is this a .exe? No thank you. Don’t give me windows trauma.
I’ve had the opposite experience with flatpaks that I have with snaps. I don’t really use them much. But when I see that as an option I use it and it just works. Definitely a fan as a USER of them. I’m sure people have their complaints as users and developers. But I definitely have to say it’s been positive so far. Which is a rare consistency in the life of installing packages.
Both of these two cases are why Flatpaks are so attractive.
They take up so much fucking space though
Flatpaks are okay for stuff that doesn’t need deep access but they don’t work for many things.
TBH if it’s just for that I’d rather use nix packages. But flatpak’s sandboxed app are better for sus packages or proprietary-might-spy-everywhere packages.
I’m going to be honest to you, I prefer appimages.
I respect your wrong opinion
I rarely encounter them. But they usually work when I do. But, ugh, they’re just kinda gross. Like, is this a .exe? No thank you. Don’t give me windows trauma.
I’m always like, “well, now where do I put this executable?”
But they do work
I’ve had the opposite experience with flatpaks that I have with snaps. I don’t really use them much. But when I see that as an option I use it and it just works. Definitely a fan as a USER of them. I’m sure people have their complaints as users and developers. But I definitely have to say it’s been positive so far. Which is a rare consistency in the life of installing packages.
Flatpaks are better than Snaps, but properly maintained dependency trees and SBOMs are best, by a wide margin.
PopOS fucked me up with flatpaks
Gateway drug
They are extremely effective at preventing PackageKit updates on my steam deck
plus that extra defense-in-depth layer of a sandbox