Basically title.

I’m wondering if a package manager like flatpak comes with any drawback or negatives. Since it just works on basically any distro. Why isn’t this just the default? It seems very convenient.

  • GravitySpoiledEnglish
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    10 months ago

    It is the default on atomic distros. And many people who got to know flatpaks use it as a default on traditional installs as well.

    But there are still bugs and quirks with some apps. Not all apps have all the functionality as a traditional install. E.g. dolphin or terminals.

    It is up and coming and gradually replacing traditional installs. You rarely find an app that you can’t install via flathub.

    There are theming issues with older flatpaks.

    Edit:

    I have no idea how to view logs in the terminal with flatpaks.

    You can’t easily run flatpaks by their common known names. You have to use the reverse flatpak name which is annoying and difficult.