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I hate people who only release their App on flatpak (lemmy.ml)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Luffy879@lemmy.ml to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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For context: I habe a PC with an 8gb SSD and I somehow need to get an app on there that only has a flatpak release

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[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago

2TB?

I only see around 500mb

[-] renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.net 2 points 2 months ago

Anger has a way of adding a few zeros.

[-] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

Like many have said, can you build it yourself?

Flatpaks have their uses, and for many people they're a great system that solves a situation well enough and with great convenience. For other situations, flatpaks are an ugly hack. I think we just have to accept that devs will not always package or tailor their software for all situations (electron apps, anyone?!), but at least in the FOSS world you can usually compile yourself if you need to.

[-] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

Don't your filesystem deduplicate it on the fly anyway?

[-] CannedYeet@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I believe that's what ostree is for

[-] beastlykings@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

I'm coming back to Linux after a hiatus. I've spent most of my time with the Debian flavors. Not afraid of the command line, but not an expert either.

I'm trying out Bluefin right now, semi-immutable atomic os based on silverblue, based on Fedora.

On normal installs, I usually change and install enough stuff, that when it comes time to upgrade to the next os version, I'm sometimes not able to without introducing instability or it outright falling. The former more common than the latter.

Let's just say I got used to reinstalling and starting from scratch, especially if I experimented too hard and broke something big like my DE or drivers.

So with bluefin I'm hoping to leave everything that's core, alone. I'm trying to rely on flatpaks, app images, and distrobox for everything else.

So far so successful. I've only got a couple minor gripes, some limitations of flatpaks. But I've also only been at it for like a week, so we'll see.

I guess my point is, flatpaks have a place ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ

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[-] highball@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

No source to compile it yourself?

[-] daggermoon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I actually like flatpak. The only issues I have are with GTK apps which I try not to use anymore.

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[-] daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

Build it from source them.

[-] lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 1 points 2 months ago

Storage is cheap, I don't care at all as long as I can easily install it without having to go online to search for missing dependencies in the correct version.

My only problem with Flatpak was when I tried to install an IDE and made it use Podman or Docker and the container thingy caused problems.

[-] 6mementomorib@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago

"x is cheap" is not the greatest take imo. it's cheap until you just so happen to not be able to afford it. what now? better give me an income for the price in storage. not talking about flatpak specifically.

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[-] db2@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

If it's only available as a flatpak I don't need it. ๐Ÿคท

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[-] pewpew@feddit.it 1 points 2 months ago

Hope you don't find out about Snaps

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