I really like flatpak and it's system, but AppImages are in a nice second place. I usually look for a flatpak first and appimages if I can't find the first.
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Only tangentially related - but a friend brought over a new kubuntu install and Canonical had the cheek to demand money for VLC patches? They don't fing own VLC. What the actual f is going on over there, Canonical?
Mark Shuttleworth is a greedy bastard and itβs finally starting to show.
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Like a bunch of old farts in a coffee shop arguing over which truck brand is better.
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Haha, I break snap a lot less than the others, and it took a bit to figure out the differences. Appimages are annoying af. Flatpaks are my favourite when there isn't a good old .deb. I recently broke Flatpak though so it's on my naughty list. Snap still chugging along for some reason, I just wish the permissions weren't so crazy strict (Nextcloud).
Speaking of all this, I realised I've accidentally installed some things twice. Is there a good way to list all the different package managers together to see what is duplicated?
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Hadn't snap fixed a lot of the complaints people initially had?
I think the main complaint is that it seems like Canonical is trying take control of Linux packaging. Don't they handle their stuff in a way that pretty much prevents third party 'Snap Stores'? Like, their backend being closed source and their software only accepting their own signatures?
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Don't worry, Snap: Flatpak and Tarballs are NOT better by much. And, chances are, the system package manager may be lacking in so many validation requirements that it's not iso27002-compliant and thus could be junk.
There-there, Snap. Most people won't even know why you suck.
I'd love to use flatpak more, but with my peculiar internet situation, installing a single package can take 6-7 hours.