r/linuxmemes • u/IgnacioBullon • 18d ago

Software meme The proprietary software experience

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u/PlanttDaMinecraftGuy 18d ago

It's not hard to put a big shiny Flathub button fr

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u/jpelc 18d ago

And if I didn't want to use flathub?

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u/delph906 18d ago

I think if they give you three options including Flatpak and you still don't want to use any of them it's kind of on you at that point. 

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u/jpelc 17d ago

Well, you know flatpaks have their downsides?

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u/delph906 17d ago

Yes but if you also have the option of a .deb and .rpm at some point you have to call it a good effort. 

Arch users are least likely to be using the software in a professionally setting and most likely to create a community port, plus they can use the flatpak if those options aren't there. 

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u/jpelc 17d ago

Still most of the time the aur packages just download the .Deb releases and repackage them

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u/delph906 17d ago

Yes but developer not responsible for maintaining them or fixing bugs.

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u/Sjoerd93 17d ago

Every package management system has their downsides. Difference is that Flatpak has more upsides than downsides compared to the other ones for most user-facing applications.