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I'm fine with using traditional package managers, is there any benefit to using Flatpak? (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/linux4noobs@lemmy.world
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I went to install some software today (Gradia) which is only available via Flathub apparently, the install size is larger than my distro which feels like a bit much for a screenshot tool. What's the deal with the massive size of Flatpaks and is it really worth all the extra space? 4GB per application?

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[–] [S] 3 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Thank you, yeah I noticed some apps are only Flatpak which is why I asked, I understand dependencies but that seems like a lot of extra software to lean on for a screenshot tool, thought there might be more to it. I'll check out Flatseal if I need use them.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    The size seem to be crazy large for you, yeah. Here's my testinstallation for reference in Fedora 43 KDE:

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Huh, interesting, here's what the software install screen looks like in LMDE7... I have not installed any Flatpaks yet so that could be it? I'm not sure otherwise. I've run into several other large Flatpaks since, so maybe it's some bug idk.

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