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And what about when apt doesn't have a package for the thing you want? You can install Spotify, Steam, Discord, Microsoft Edge, Zoom, and Minecraft with flatpak
by nickysielicki 6y ago
And what about when apt doesn't have a package for the thing you want? You can install Spotify, Steam, Discord, Microsoft Edge, Zoom, and Minecraft with flatpak.
- throwawayffffas 6y agoUsually their developers will have ppas.
- banger180 6y agoAnd what if i do not use a debian based distro for which the ppa works? Maintaining one package that works on all distros is a lot easier.
- maeln 6y agoppas doesn't work if you don't use ubuntu/debian. And not everybody was willing to go through the trouble of making a ppa, an AUR package, a custom .rpm, etc, etc.
- boring_twenties 6y agoYou can install Spotify and Zoom with apt.
- jeltz 6y agoAnd Discord and Steam.
- jcastro 6y agoZoom throws a `zoom_latest.deb` on their website with no repo, you just need to remember to go there and download it for updates, by hand. Given zoom's security record, no thanks.
- boring_twenties 6y agoYeah, that's pretty shitty.
- glsdfgkjsklfj 6y agoyou listed Electron apps, a java game that runs without external deps, and something nobody would want to install anyway. Absolutely none of those justify fat apps as they are already fat apps in themselves! I don't even...