DidacticDumbass @ DidacticDumbass @lemmy.one

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I am glad that the startup times have improved, that bodes well for future startup times. Using up more storage really is what makes it suck for everyone. I thought that it was more efficient, since I see a lot of .platform, and I assumed those are libraries shared across flatpak apps that use those dependencies.

I am almost sure AppImage has the same problem? I don't know, people do rated that better though.

I like this take. I am reading up on how flatpak works, and what seems to be most important is including the dependencies needed to run an application, regardless of what the system has, which is great.

I still need to try out Gentoo one day.... but it seems like Nixos is the new Gentoo?

I am hoping that is something that goes away in time, but who knows the future. If it sucks now, it may not be worth it now.

Yeah, every universal solution seems to have problems that are major deal breakers.

That seems to be the running theme, the defaults for the sandbox seem to be wrong for some people and there is no easy way to change them.

Also, I am sure I would like Arch, my problem is that I was using Manjaro, which is the distro I originally fell in love with and basically converted me to using it full time, but a long time ago. Now it sucks.

Anyways, that is the best, official Arch repos.

Are they related to PPAs in any way? It seems like anything Canonical does to improve package management ends up sucking.

Ah, so it is possible to customize the parameters of flatpaks set by the developer/packager? That could make it a lot more appealing.

I feel like the distinction is pretty automatic. I don't know what critical stuff you can download from flatpaks.

I guess OBS for steaming?

For sure. Just like the fediverse, the more traction it gets, the better the experience becomes.

I see your point, and I agree. No need to spend resources just because we have them.

Sandboxing is definitely a benefit, but alas as I am learning I have no control of it's permissions, so that can potentially go wrong.

Whoa! Distrobox looks cool! Did this come out on Android first? Seems like something I used to have fun with.

Damn, there are so many cool software I have never even seen in passing. I mean, I guess anything is possible. Hah.

I admit to only having naive user knowledge of flatpaks being an alternative. I am learning a lot today, which is why I asked.

As far as my comment goes, I was thinking about the fuss over systemD, but that is an entirely separate problem I am probably also not equipped to converse about either.

I bet your wall gets a lot of attention.

Man, no one's got time for anything.

That is unreal. I had no idea it can get that bad. Makes no sense, honestly.

I am sorry you are in digital hell.

No real solution but to change distros, but that is also a crappy thing to suggest.

I hope it gets better for you.

Yeah, I mean, for me it is only a few choice GUI applications that I use flatpaks for.

Still, it is clearly not an optimal solution.

I think that is what is pretty cool about them, that you can have both versions with no problems. Also, of course if the flatpak is giving me problems, I just uninstall it and use the package manager or something else.

I have been burned by the AUR so many times. It is not the perfect endless repository people advertise it to be.

If you find it please link it. I would love to read it. I think I am happy with my setup, and Flatpaks make it possible.

It seem that whatever problems Flatpaks may have, due to sandboxing, is truly isolated. I think as a non-power user, I do not have strong opinions about any kind of technology, I just enjoy the magic of things working without effort on my part. I will dive deeper as my needs change, but my needs are kind of simple too.