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We like terms like "security professionals" or "build-release engineers" to describe why package validation and provenance is important, as is SSoT for avoiding dependency hell by proxy.
But when you don't understand the real terms, use whatever ya like. Yes, honey, that's the goer-upper, and now we press the button for the floor we want.
Found the flatpak hater
ELI5 what is wrong with Flatpak.
Can't see text scroll like hackermens. Takes up a bit more space. Have to copy and paste a directory into flatseal if your folders are separated.