Why can't flatpaks just work (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by ErnieBernie10@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I usually try to stay out of the whole snap vs flatpak discussion. Although I am just really confused as to why flatpak just does not seem to care about usability. You're trying to create a universal packaging format I would think the point of it is that a user can just install an app and after reviewing permissions it should "just work".

There are so many issues that yes, have simple solutions, but why are these issues here in the first place.

These are the issues that I have encountered that annoy me:

Themes, cursors being inconsistent (needs to be fixed manually with flatpak --user override
IDE's are unusable without extensions

At least snap provides an option --classic to make the app work. Please explain to me why flatpak just evidently refuses to take this same approach.

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[-] ErnieBernie10@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

That's the thing. The default theme didn't work. The cursor was like an old looking cursor. Not the default

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