For context: I habe a PC with an 8gb SSD and I somehow need to get an app on there that only has a flatpak release

  • lastweakness@lemm.ee
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    5 days ago

    Why would you want the app devs to make that? The whole problem with distro-specific packages is having to package for multiple formats and it’s a painstaking process that really isn’t worth any amount of time investment at all. If you’re an app developer, you’d much rather just make a universal package and hope that some distro package maintainer packages your app for their distro. That’s just basic common sense…

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      5 days ago

      Because Flatpaks can’t share packages or anything. It creates a lot of bloat that doesn’t need to be there. It’s great for users that want to make sure the app will always work, but it isn’t great for being efficient.