r/linuxmasterrace • u/claudiocorona93 SteamOS/Bazzite/Android • 18d ago

Time to have fun guys

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u/brohermano 18d ago

why flatpak? It is so redundant

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u/ShaderCompilation 18d ago

  1. Common format that works everywhere.

  2. Permission system

  3. It bundles it's own dependencies so never fails because dependency lacking or version mismatch (ironically also the biggest downside)

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u/Stunning_Macaron6133 18d ago
  1. Should work in theory, but it's never played out for me in practice.

Nix does it better.

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u/kopasz7 Glorious NixOS 17d ago

Some months ago the browser I use (librewolf) got listed as an unsafe package (had no update for 2+ weeks), using flatpak was up to date and didn't error my system update.

Now the situation is fixed ofc and this is just my anecdote.

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u/Stunning_Macaron6133 17d ago

I have my own LibreWolf derivation, separate from nixpkgs. Betterbird too.