Alphane Moon@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-26 days agoThe wonderful world of Linux package managersthelibre.newsexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10cross-posted to: opensource@programming.dev
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkThe wonderful world of Linux package managersthelibre.newsAlphane Moon@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-26 days agomessage-square4fedilinkcross-posted to: opensource@programming.dev
minus-squareGeodad@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoFlatpak is actually a really good solution. Snap is garbage though. I do a combination of Flatpak for niche 3rd party applications and apt on Debian for standard stuff that everyone wants/needs.
minus-squarems.lane@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoNo, FlatPak is centralization in the worst possible way, whilst also making software less usable. It’s a terrible thing and it dies to die swiftly.
minus-square3abas@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoCan you clarify? I’m just getting back into Linux this year, what makes it more centralized than any other repo based packaging solution? How is using Ubuntu’s deb repos on a thousand distros less centralized than flathub?
Flatpak is actually a really good solution. Snap is garbage though.
I do a combination of Flatpak for niche 3rd party applications and apt on Debian for standard stuff that everyone wants/needs.
No, FlatPak is centralization in the worst possible way, whilst also making software less usable.
It’s a terrible thing and it dies to die swiftly.
Can you clarify? I’m just getting back into Linux this year, what makes it more centralized than any other repo based packaging solution? How is using Ubuntu’s deb repos on a thousand distros less centralized than flathub?