Basically title.

I’m wondering if a package manager like flatpak comes with any drawback or negatives. Since it just works on basically any distro. Why isn’t this just the default? It seems very convenient.

  • orcrist@lemm.ee
    151·
    10 months ago

    For me, the question is why I should add an extra layer of complexity. If the things I use already work well using apt, and if most things are bundled in the default distro install, then my life is already good.

    This all depends on your software needs, if course. Some people are using a lot of new stuff, so the above setup leads to annoying situations.

    • Pantherina@feddit.de
      61·
      10 months ago

      Flatpak is a distro on its own, but with original dev support. Its like a Linux Distro replacing others.

      So it adds complexity but with the potential to remove it from the OS. For example Libreoffice, Browsers, Thunderbird etc are huge and its a good approach to use official versions here.

    • YamiYuki@lemmy.kde.socialEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      Some developers don’t want to deal with building an app for multiple versions. Sure some DEBs can work without needing to deal with that, but some don’t.