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What are your thoughts on Flatpak/Flathub?
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this post was submitted on 08 Mar 2024
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A lot of people seem to complain about them, but I really like them. I've even started using them over the AUR for some things now. I like that they keep certain things like Steam a lot tidier, and I like being able to see and control permissions and settings for everything all in Flatseal. The main downside I guess is that they use up more space by downloading dependencies for each app individually which is kind of redundant, but for me I've got a pretty big SSD in my laptop so it's never caused me any trouble. I could see how it could be a problem for someone with limited space on their system though.
Generally I tend to go Flatpak/AUR as a first choice, Appimage if I really need to, and Snaps never lol.