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[–] SatyrSack@feddit.org 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Flatpak does not support CLI only applicatoins

Where does that misinformation come from? That's not the first time I've heard it. Was that actually true at one point?

[–] shapis@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

In think it comes from flathub not having many cli applications in it. I’d love to drop snaps for Flatpak only. But I can get so many snaps that aren’t on flathub it’s crazy.

[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 1 points 1 month ago

Maybe you are right. Its something I repeat it myself, after doing a research back when it was new. Given Neovim is available on Flathub, maybe its possible. Maybe it was true at some point. Good catch, I'll make sure not to repeat that anymore, as I don't want spread misinformation.