2026-02-04 16:22 UTC
@Papaexmatrikulatus@mastodon.social
Unified as in: a single, universal method to install packages, as opposed to Flatpak vs Snap vs AppImage, mixed with native packages. They all try to be that, but none of them actually achieves its goal.
Take CoMaps, for example.
Ubuntu users would, I imagine, prefer a Snap package, but since only a Flatpak (*) is offered, they're either left out or forced to install Flatpak, learn how to use it, and now they have three app sources to maintain: .deb (via apt), Snap, and Flatpak. That's not what I'd call unified.
(*) I don't use any of the *buntus, or their derivatives, so I don't know if someone's made a Snap package. It's more to illustrate the problem.
@bas_spr@digitalcourage.social
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@Papaexmatrikulatus@mastodon.social 2026-02-04 16:37
@bas_spr@digitalcourage.social @aerion@nerdculture.de Ok, but the method you are prefering isn't a unified approach either, because it depends on your distro, so... I mean, the link you posted above criticises the de jure (Snap) and de facto (Flathub) centralization of these packaging systems, which is a valid. But why then, do you want a unified approach? Honestly i would only use Snaps if i really had to... But Flatpaks are in my mind at least more or less the standard packages for sandboxing on Linux. Who uses Appimages?