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.
Unless they come up with something else that is not “Windowsfying” Linux with one-click installs… then nah, no thanks.
Yeah, it seems like all this convergence of convenience is muddying the linux waters… then again it has never been that clean.
If you can’t see the possibilities behind automated tasks that you have no control in… then I’m afraid to say that talking to a nearby wall will be more fruitful than (even trying to) start a convo with you right now.
I admit to only having naive user knowledge of flatpaks being an alternative. I am learning a lot today, which is why I asked.
As far as my comment goes, I was thinking about the fuss over systemD, but that is an entirely separate problem I am probably also not equipped to converse about either.
I bet your wall gets a lot of attention.