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> Developers are responsible for releasing updates, not flatpak. That's what distribution maintainers do. > They are not trying to be more secure than manuall
by sergeykish 6y ago
> Developers are responsible for releasing updates, not flatpak.
That's what distribution maintainers do.
> They are not trying to be more secure than manually installing packages on your system.
That's downgrade from distribution experience.
- eikenberry 6y agoThe primary reason I have when considering using a flatpak or appimage is for software either not commonly included in distros (eg. proprietary software like games) or that are updated more often than the distro cares to manage (eg. browsers). It fills the gaps in distros.
- sergeykish 6y agoYou do not have to abandon distribution model. I've just installed Nix on Arch Linux [1]. It ships all required dependencies - glibc etc - version specific. Works on Ubuntu/Debian [2]. [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Nix https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Nix [2] https://ariya.io/2020/05/nix-package-manager-on-ubuntu-or-debian https://ariya.io/2020/05/nix-package-manager-on-ubuntu-or-de...