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> Flatpak is the replacement for applications and not OS specific packages. You would still use a package manager for OS related packages and for flatpak/snap a
by cpburns2009 9y ago
> Flatpak is the replacement for applications and not OS specific packages. You would still use a package manager for OS related packages and for flatpak/snap and then flatpak/snap installs and uninstalls applications. Much better system for everyone.
Now this is the key difference I feel has been left out of the messaging surrounding flatpak. It's not meant for libraries and OS packages, just end-user applications? That makes more sense now.
- baldfat 9y agoSadly this is totally lost. Flatpak actually works with repos. If people would try them they would actually know what this is about