I went to install some software today (Gradia) which is only available via Flathub apparently, the install size is larger than my distro which feels like a bit much for a screenshot tool. What’s the deal with the massive size of Flatpaks and is it really worth all the extra space? 4GB per application?

  • etherphonOPEnglish
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    16 days ago

    Thank you, yeah I noticed some apps are only Flatpak which is why I asked, I understand dependencies but that seems like a lot of extra software to lean on for a screenshot tool, thought there might be more to it. I’ll check out Flatseal if I need use them.

      • etherphonOPEnglish
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        16 days ago

        Huh, interesting, here’s what the software install screen looks like in LMDE7… I have not installed any Flatpaks yet so that could be it? I’m not sure otherwise. I’ve run into several other large Flatpaks since, so maybe it’s some bug idk.