Flathub has passed 2 billion downloads
Flathub has passed 2 billion downloads
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The tone here is surprisingly negative. Personally I'm happy with the efforts of the Flathub team 🤷
As a newer Linux user I really like flatpaks.
I don't use them for most things I install but proprietary apps I want sandboxed or programs that have weird issues with dependencies I grab the flatpak.
For me on Arch, Flatpaks are kinda useless. I can maybe see the appeal for other distros but Arch already has up-to-date versions of everything and anything that's missing from the main repos is in the AUR.
I also don't like how it's a separate package manager, they take up more space, and to run things from the CLI it's
flatpak run com.website.Somethinginstead of justsomething. It's super cumbersome compared to using normal packages.I also prefer to get my software from the distro's repos, but for software from third parties, flatpak adds a security layer, making it more secure when compared, for example, to aur.
Can you please elaborate on the security layer that flatpak adds? Some commentators here suggest Flathub is not secure.
Flatpak sandboxing (bubblewrap)
fwiw those simple names exist, you just haven't added it to your PATH
Lemmy (and phoronix) people are generally extremely repelled by new stuff in the Linux world
Lemmy people are generally extremely repulsive.
Agreed, flatpaks are great for desktop apps. I use Nix for the majority of my packages, but I use flatpak for proprietary for the sandboxing.
I honestly prefer Ansible. It can do lots of configuration and setup and install flatpaks.
I honestly prefer Ansible.
I use Ansible all day. For work. Oh, god, is it sad compared to everything else in the space. RedHat had the choice between two in-house products and they chose poorly.
It can do lots of configuration and [set up] and install flatpaks.
We had that 20 years ago, just with a different product. The state of the art is now two generations newer.
What are the alternatives you prefer?
Well I know Ansible and it works for my needs. I briefly used Nix and it was worse. Ansible is nice because you can just install ansible and then apply a playbook.