GNOME Software May Eventually Drop RPM Support In Favor Of Flatpaks
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Distros are still free to make their own RPM packages, they can't go around the GPL there.
But having official flatpak release makes it very easy to update to the latest versions regardless of your distro.
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Exactly this. Kde's graphical application store actually has a warning on arch, since pacman can be even more problematic when it comes to abstraction layers like GUI's.
At this point, rpm's and deb packages can be auto updated through their relevant package managers. And it looks like gnome software is attempting to try to get user packages installed via flatpak entirely.
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That's just plain dumb. I usually don't install rpm packages with the store but I frequently update my system from it. If they remove rpm support then they remove a huge ease of use feature.
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Unpopular opinion: that's fucking stupid. I personally will never use flatpaks.
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Ok, enjoy
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Really? Why not?
I find them incredibly useful for some applications.
For some development stuff, though, I still prefer to use the installed version.
So VS Code, for example, I have that installed.
The flat pack just does not work as well.
But Podman Desktop, which is a flat pack, is just excellent.
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That is fucking stupid, but mostly because why on Earth should you drop a valid package?
Flatpaks are IMO good and are a great option for a casual user who doesn't want to accidentally screw up their system. Fully packed isolated dependencies, permission systems and other features make them great in many ways.
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Ok here is a bit of a rant
Fr, Especially on Arch based distros where the Aur (which is wayy better) exists + I don't use gnome I use Cinnamon(Gnome done right) -
Then gnome will cease to be an option.
Fucking flatpaks.
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But why? It's job is to install software, why make it worse by supporting less package formats?
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great way to make people detest gnome and flatpaks for the rest of their lives! brilliant move!
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Then they run system updates via cronjob and Gnome-Software is for flatpak only.
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My case is the other way around. I look for software in the store, and if I can't find it, then I install from the terminal, but I always update (and remove) from terminal.
I'm a diehard Gnome user, but this will certainly make me move to something else. -
I think they use up too much space. I primarily use laptops with limited SSD storage and using flatpak has come back to bite me a couple of times.
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Oh that makes sense.
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I really don't like how gnome is doing things, even I not using a distro that uses rpm im considering migrate to cosmic
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Yup. AUR forever FTW.
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Too much storage. Only apps, no dependencies or drivers, which makes them 100% useless to me. So I'm Still relying on the repos to install dependencies and drivers, but splitting my workflow and installing flatpak apps? No, thanks. Too much hassle on theming and system access. Often times on the steam deck I try to do something and it doesn't work and I start scrambling for a while to fix it, then realize I don't have permissions to do so then have to go find flatseal and start fucking with shit. Just too much hassle.
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Ugh I can't wait for PopOs to move to Cosmic
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The space becomes less and less of an issue the more of your system is in flatpaks, as any shared dependencies won't be duplicated.
