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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago* (3 children)

    Of course there are other ways I could install it, but that's beside the point. Normal Free Software belongs in distros' package repositories.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

    That means you expect the software to have a manteiner for every single distro, each with their own hurdles.

    That's exactly the point flatpaks and appimages are solving, and how it seems things are going moving forward.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 days ago* (1 child)

    They also provide

    • an extra level of sandboxing/isolation for security
    • isolation of the package's dependencies from your base OS for stability

    Not for all software, but for many office/productivity/internet tools, I ❤️ flatpak

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  • [–] 2 points 2 days ago

    I agree, while they aren't perfect, using apps like FlatSeal to toggle and remove permissions for Flatpak apps is a lot easier than writing firejail or brwap configs for standard apps.

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