• TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Flatpaks aren’t perfect, but I think it’s a good solution to the fragmentation problem that is inherent to Linux.

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      4 months ago

      Precisely. Flatpaks solve an important problem. Perfect should not be the enemy of good.

      Binary compatibility is a sad story on Linux, and we cannot expect developers — many of whom work for free — to package, test, debug, and maintain releases for multiple distributions. If we want a sustainable ecosystem with diverse distributions, we must answer the compatibility question. This is a working option that solves the problem, and it comes with minor security benefits because it isolates applications not just from the system but from each other.

      It’s fair to criticize a solution, but I think it’s not fair to ignore the problem and expect volunteers to just work harder.

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        4 months ago

        Also companies are lazy and if we don’t want to be stuck on Ubuntu for proprietary app stability. We should probably embrace something like flatpak. Also when companies neglect their apps, it’ll have a better chance of working down the road thanks to support for multiple dependency versions on the same install.

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          4 months ago

          Great point! At the end of the day, the apps I want to use will decide which distro I main. Many FOSS fanatics are quick to critique Ubuntu, So they should support solutions that allow our distro to be diverse and use all the killer apps.