▲ 138 ▼ Why Flatpak Won and Snap and AppImage Didn't. - Cameron Knauff (www.youtube.com) submitted 8 months ago by ruffsl@programming.dev to c/linux@programming.dev 113 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 32 points 8 months ago (9 children) Just not snaps. AppImage and flatpak are fine though permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 9 child comments replies: [–] gworl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 8 months ago Correct permalink fedilink source parent [–] chocrates@piefed.world 9 points 8 months ago (7 children) Whats wrong with snaps? My only "issue" with appimages is i tend to leave them in my downloads folder and lose them permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 19 points 8 months ago* The snap store is a shit show of security issues. Forced migration to snaps. Performance issues. Proprietary back end. Slow to install Slow to start Eat up RAM Eat up disk space They screw up access to devices. They automatically update themselves without user confirmation. Fuck snaps. Fuck Canonical. permalink fedilink source parent [–] alfredon996@feddit.it 17 points 8 months ago* (1 child) My issues with snaps are: The server software is closed source and centralized They create many block devices that can slow down booting the PC. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] chocrates@piefed.world 1 point 8 months ago I didn't realize, damn. permalink fedilink source parent [–] med@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 months ago There's an appimaged daemon you can install that will manage them, and it watches a bunch of folders to integrate appimages with xdg and whatever window manager you've got. ~/Applications looks like an easy pick, or ~/.local/bin. Appimages you decide to keep you can just move there! permalink fedilink source parent [–] Damage@feddit.it 5 points 8 months ago (1 child) snaps are essentially ubuntu-only I have an ~/app directory for appimages permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] chocrates@piefed.world 1 point 8 months ago Ty for both permalink fedilink source parent [–] Nyadia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 7 months ago That's why I whenever I download an appimage that I intend to use somewhat regurarly, I typically make a .desktop file for it in /usr/share/applications so it shows up in my app menu or rofi or dmenu or whatever and I don't have to go looking for it. It also helps to have a folder you toss them all into permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chocrates@piefed.world 9 points 8 months ago (7 children) Whats wrong with snaps? My only "issue" with appimages is i tend to leave them in my downloads folder and lose them permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 19 points 8 months ago* The snap store is a shit show of security issues. Forced migration to snaps. Performance issues. Proprietary back end. Slow to install Slow to start Eat up RAM Eat up disk space They screw up access to devices. They automatically update themselves without user confirmation. Fuck snaps. Fuck Canonical. permalink fedilink source parent [–] alfredon996@feddit.it 17 points 8 months ago* (1 child) My issues with snaps are: The server software is closed source and centralized They create many block devices that can slow down booting the PC. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] chocrates@piefed.world 1 point 8 months ago I didn't realize, damn. permalink fedilink source parent [–] med@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 months ago There's an appimaged daemon you can install that will manage them, and it watches a bunch of folders to integrate appimages with xdg and whatever window manager you've got. ~/Applications looks like an easy pick, or ~/.local/bin. Appimages you decide to keep you can just move there! permalink fedilink source parent [–] Damage@feddit.it 5 points 8 months ago (1 child) snaps are essentially ubuntu-only I have an ~/app directory for appimages permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] chocrates@piefed.world 1 point 8 months ago Ty for both permalink fedilink source parent [–] Nyadia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 7 months ago That's why I whenever I download an appimage that I intend to use somewhat regurarly, I typically make a .desktop file for it in /usr/share/applications so it shows up in my app menu or rofi or dmenu or whatever and I don't have to go looking for it. It also helps to have a folder you toss them all into permalink fedilink source parent
[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 19 points 8 months ago* The snap store is a shit show of security issues. Forced migration to snaps. Performance issues. Proprietary back end. Slow to install Slow to start Eat up RAM Eat up disk space They screw up access to devices. They automatically update themselves without user confirmation. Fuck snaps. Fuck Canonical. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] alfredon996@feddit.it 17 points 8 months ago* (1 child) My issues with snaps are: The server software is closed source and centralized They create many block devices that can slow down booting the PC. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] chocrates@piefed.world 1 point 8 months ago I didn't realize, damn. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chocrates@piefed.world 1 point 8 months ago I didn't realize, damn. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] med@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 months ago There's an appimaged daemon you can install that will manage them, and it watches a bunch of folders to integrate appimages with xdg and whatever window manager you've got. ~/Applications looks like an easy pick, or ~/.local/bin. Appimages you decide to keep you can just move there! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Damage@feddit.it 5 points 8 months ago (1 child) snaps are essentially ubuntu-only I have an ~/app directory for appimages permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] chocrates@piefed.world 1 point 8 months ago Ty for both permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Nyadia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 7 months ago That's why I whenever I download an appimage that I intend to use somewhat regurarly, I typically make a .desktop file for it in /usr/share/applications so it shows up in my app menu or rofi or dmenu or whatever and I don't have to go looking for it. It also helps to have a folder you toss them all into permalink fedilink source parent