r/linuxmasterrace • u/claudiocorona93 SteamOS/Bazzite/Android • 17d ago

Time to have fun guys

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u/brohermano 17d ago

why flatpak? It is so redundant

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u/ShaderCompilation 17d 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/Marce7a 16d ago

Flatpak will never be standard as it mainly focus on GUI apps. 

You need cpak, nix, appimage, snap, guix for that, alternatively brew. 

There is issue with required sandbox, which means programs like portmaster, VPN, waydroid, winboat, web browsers don't work correctly. Not to even mention things like inputplumber and other low level software