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The primary reason I have when considering using a flatpak or appimage is for software either not commonly included in distros (eg. proprietary software like ga
by eikenberry 6y ago
The 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...