Flatpak will no longer feature in the default install of Ubuntu's 8 official flavors, with devs agreeing to only support deb and snap software OOTB.

In a surprise move, Ubuntu developers have agreed to stop shipping Flatpak, preinstalled Flatpak apps, and any plugins needed to install Flatpak apps through a GUI software tool in the default package set across all eight of Ubuntu’s official flavors, as of the upcoming Ubuntu 23.04 release.

  • EpheraEnglish
    91·
    2 years ago

    by making it clearer about what an “Ubuntu experience” is.

    The user experience will be worse, because they can’t use Flatpaks without jumping through extra hoops.

    So, I guess, a “Ubuntu experience” is a bad experience. Not going to argue with that.

    • AgreeableLandscapeMEnglish
      63·
      2 years ago

      Ubuntu is the stepping stone from Mac/Windows to Linux. Like the tutorial level. It’s also one of the most “corporate” Linux OS vendors outside of RedHat. Of course it’s shitty lol.