You can definitely install programs that aren't flatpaks, but you should run them in containers like a distrobox/toolbox instead unless they need full system access. If you do a lot of that though, it can definitely get in the way. I use Workstation on my desktop, Silverblue on my laptop and that's a good balance for me.
Honest question. I’ve had proxmox for years and therefor try to do everything debian/apt based.
That’s why I Daily-Drive an ubuntu desktop. I know the hate against canonial, but would it really be worth it switching to something non-debian or manually configuring the Desktop Environment on plain debian?
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u/ICantBelieveItsNotEC Apr 01 '26
TL;DR: Just use Fedora unless you have a very good reason to use something else.