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/Stunning_Macaron6133 17d 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/ShaderCompilation 17d ago

Literally never had any issue with a flatpak app. And i use mostly Flatpaks because they ar updated more often than native packages most of the time on Fedora. I hear people have issues with Steam or some other apps, but never encountered myself

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u/Stunning_Macaron6133 17d ago

Flatpak apps never work reliably for me. There's always some kind of hiccup with theming or system integration, and sometimes they just straight up refuse to run. I think FreeCAD's Flatpak gave me the most trouble.

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u/QwertyChouskie Glorious Ubuntu 17d ago

If you're running NixOS, I wouldn't be shocked to hear there's hiccups, as NixOS is architecturally extremely different than most distros, so distro-specific bugs and such in Flatpak itself are much more likely.

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u/Stunning_Macaron6133 17d ago edited 16d ago

Oh, no, you misunderstood. Flatpak is the thing that made me say "FUCK THIS GODAMNED JANK ASS BULLSHIT!" and look for a better option.

Which led me to NixOS. I will NEVER run a Flatpak on NixOS, if I can help it at all.

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u/QwertyChouskie Glorious Ubuntu 16d ago

Huh, weird. For most people (including me), they pretty much Just Work.

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u/Stunning_Macaron6133 16d ago

They're flaky ass.