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Flatpack was started from a Desktop/GUI/GNOME perspective so you will have a better experience with snap if you want to package non GUI apps. I personally don'
by simion314 7y ago
Flatpack was started from a Desktop/GUI/GNOME perspective so you will have a better experience with snap if you want to package non GUI apps.
I personally don't care and a .tar.gz is good enough for me if it works (as an example I use Intellij from a tar.gz installer, is simple and it works)
- simosx 7y agoOn Intellij, JetBrains are producing themselves snap packages for their whole range of products. It makes it so easy to install on your system, and updates happen automatically. Here is their initial announcement, https://blog.jetbrains.com/idea/2017/11/install-intellij-idea-with-snaps/ https://blog.jetbrains.com/idea/2017/11/install-intellij-ide... Here is the snap package page for Intellij Ultimate, https://snapcraft.io/intellij-idea-ultimate https://snapcraft.io/intellij-idea-ultimate You can see the usage stats and also the list of other JetBrains packages.
- simion314 7y agoThanks for the information, I don't think that for my use case is is an improvement, though I use snap for skype if I am not mistaken and that use case fits perfect since I don't trust Microsoft in general and Skype especially. A bit off topic, some advice, don't update your IDE during your work week, sometimes something won't work and you will waste time trying to fix it, I learned my lesson and I download the new version .tar.gz and start using it, if something goes wrong I can go back to the previous version and look into finding a fix later.