GNOME Software May Eventually Drop RPM Support In Favor Of Flatpaks
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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.
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Dependencies are contained in the flatpak. That's why something like zenmap. Which requires python 2. Can run on a system that doesn't have python 2 installes
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That's it. You've solved it. Flatpaks are the best. Give me one driver I can install as a Flatpak. Anything that is non-app that is flatpak
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But why?
Probably because having two separate dependency management solutions can lead to a lot of needless headaches.
And it makes particular sense for Gnome to switch over, since Gnome is focused on user space apps. Flatpaks should generally be more relevant and lower risk, long term, since they don't require root privileges to install.
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In this part, I agree, company laptop only provide 256 usable 234gb, and well.. it doesn't works great if I use a lot of flatpak apps for now, So I opt to use rpms... if 512, it will be different..
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While I prefer Debian packages, what's wrong with Flatpaks other than a bit of bloat caused by redundant dependencies? They're not Snaps.
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More like poop os haha get it
