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cm0002@lemy.lol to Linux@programming.dev · 4 months ago

Flatpak’s Future May Leave Non-systemd Distros Behind

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Flatpak’s Future May Leave Non-systemd Distros Behind

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cm0002@lemy.lol to Linux@programming.dev · 4 months ago
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Flatpak’s future sandboxing design may rely more heavily on systemd services, raising questions about compatibility with non-systemd systems.
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    I don’t hate AppImages, but they’re not as convenient as Flatpak

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      How? I dont think its possible to be more convenient than an AppImage.

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        AppImages don’t go in Discover with all my other programs. They don’t auto update, no review system, no way to cleanup the files they created when uninstalling, I have to manually add shortcuts to my app launcher. Also Flatseal is pretty cool.

        I’ve tried Gear Lever, but in my experience it hasn’t ever succeeded in updating an AppImage for me. And it’s kind of awkward giving it an AppImage file so it can move the file, instead of the download and the installation being the same single action.

        One thing a lot of people don’t know about Flatpak is that you can get .flatpakref files like Kdenlive uses for their daily builds. Very cool!

        https://cdn.kde.org/flatpak/kdenlive-nightly/org.kde.kdenlive.flatpakref

        https://kdenlive.org/download/

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        How do you know an update has been released? How do you upgrade it?

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          Use AppImageLauncher or Gear Lever.

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          Gear Lever?

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            That’s interesting, so it requires flatpak to install, but why would you when you already use flatpak?

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              To use App Images! :D

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                For when the devs provide app image but not flatpak or are app images somehow better?

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