• grue
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    8 hours ago

    Of course there are other ways I could install it, but that’s beside the point. Normal Free Software belongs in distros’ package repositories.

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      6 hours ago

      That means you expect the software to have a manteiner for every single distro, each with their own hurdles.

      That’s exactly the point flatpaks and appimages are solving, and how it seems things are going moving forward.

      • nymnympseudonym@piefed.social
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        4 hours ago

        They also provide

        • an extra level of sandboxing/isolation for security
        • isolation of the package’s dependencies from your base OS for stability

        Not for all software, but for many office/productivity/internet tools, I ❤️ flatpak

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          3 hours ago

          I agree, while they aren’t perfect, using apps like FlatSeal to toggle and remove permissions for Flatpak apps is a lot easier than writing firejail or brwap configs for standard apps.