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Steam works out-of-the-box in Fedora Silverblue, via Flathub. Ubuntu avoids Flatpak for strategic reasons, which is a valid choice that might make sense for de

Steam works out-of-the-box in Fedora Silverblue, via Flathub. Ubuntu avoids Flatpak for strategic reasons, which is a valid choice that might make sense for developers, but it also makes Ubuntu less easy-to-use for people who just want to use their computer.

simion314 3y ago
>Ubuntu avoids Flatpak for strategic reasons, Is flatpack still Desktop focused , depends on desktop session or changed recently? It this still holds true then your claim is bullshit, snap is a more powerful tool because I could setup CLI programs on a server without a desktop session. From flatpack FAQ I still see >Flatpak is designed to run inside a desktop session and relies on certain session services, such as a D-Bus session bus and, optionally, a systemd --user instance. This makes Flatpak not a good match for a server.
- Tijdreiziger 3y ago
  Meh, why not use Docker for that?
  - simion314 3y ago
    Between a docker or a snap I prefer snap, something simple to package a simple snap.
    - curt15 3y ago
      Whether it is easier to package for snap is debatable. Building docker images is a much more widespread and well established workflow.
jeroenhd 3y ago
What solution does Flatpak provide, other than the fact the x86 files are now in a special hidden directory? Someone still needs to build all the 32 bit dependencies for org.freedesktop.Platform.Compat.i386. I suppose Ubuntu could stop packaging these files if they distributed all 32 bit software over snap or Flatpak, but I don't think this solves as many problems as removing x86 multiarch would create.