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2026-02-04 14:10 UTC

@bas_spr@digitalcourage.social @aerion@nerdculture.de I don't really understand the part of your argument abour a unified approach: The package manager is a unified approach for Distributions, but not for Linux as a whole. So, here you have Flatpak, where you can install the same version of Delta Chat or other apps the same way accross different distribitions.

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  • @aerion@nerdculture.de 2026-02-04 16:22

    @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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