Karna@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 8 days agoGNOME Software May Eventually Drop RPM Support In Favor Of Flatpakswww.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1147arrow-down16cross-posted to: phoronix@lemmy.world
arrow-up1141arrow-down1external-linkGNOME Software May Eventually Drop RPM Support In Favor Of Flatpakswww.phoronix.comKarna@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 8 days agomessage-square39fedilinkcross-posted to: phoronix@lemmy.world
minus-squarechronicledmonocle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 days agoWhile I prefer Debian packages, what’s wrong with Flatpaks other than a bit of bloat caused by redundant dependencies? They’re not Snaps.
minus-squarezipping2583@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days agoThey acutally use deduplication. So if there is a package needed in e.g. 10 different flatpaks it will not take 10x the space on the drive.
minus-squarechronicledmonocle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days agoReally? Nice. Didn’t know that about Flatpaks.
minus-squarezipping2583@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days agoIt was mentioned in a podcast from the linux cast - there was actually a guy (I believe he works for gnome) and he cleaned up with some prejudices about flatpaks. One of them being that they consume too much space on disk ;)
While I prefer Debian packages, what’s wrong with Flatpaks other than a bit of bloat caused by redundant dependencies? They’re not Snaps.
They acutally use deduplication. So if there is a package needed in e.g. 10 different flatpaks it will not take 10x the space on the drive.
Really? Nice. Didn’t know that about Flatpaks.
It was mentioned in a podcast from the linux cast - there was actually a guy (I believe he works for gnome) and he cleaned up with some prejudices about flatpaks. One of them being that they consume too much space on disk ;)