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I get where you are coming from, but my first attempt at setting up nextcloud was with a snap and it made the experience a lot less challenging to a newbie ( th

I get where you are coming from, but my first attempt at setting up nextcloud was with a snap and it made the experience a lot less challenging to a newbie ( though these days, I would likely not do it that way ). What is the benefit of flathub over ubuntu store?

gjsman-1000 4y ago
The fact that Flatpak supports multiple repositories whereas Snap only works with Canonical's store. This is because the open-source Snap utility on your Ubuntu install doesn't support adding other repositories; and the server it talks to is closed-source and undocumented. (Oh, and don't get brilliant ideas with DNS redirection in your head, there's digital signing, which means the only way to get Snap to accept other Stores is with a full recompile.) As for Flathub itself, it's like the Snap Store... but you aren't locked in, and the backend is open-source, and it's not directly owned by a distribution maker (even though it is definitely closer-in-kindred with the Fedora Project), which makes it far more palatable to people with even a modicum of understanding of the Linux and FOSS philosophy. I harassed them nearly 6 years ago about this. https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/external-repositories/1760 https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/external-repositories/1760
- wkat4242 4y ago
  I feel like the real reason behind the closed snap store is that canonical is aiming for that sweet app store percentage once they get make commercial players on board. It's certainly worked for Apple and Google, being the gatekeeper of a platform is very lucrative.