2024 is the Year of Linux on the Desktop, at least for my boyfriend. He’s running Windows 7 right now, so I’ll be switching him to Ubuntu in a few days. Ubuntu was chosen because Proton is officially supported in Ubuntu.

  • Diplomjodler@feddit.de
    5·
    7 months ago

    A lot of packages come only on flatpak these days. So limiting yourself to system packages only is not really a good idea. And other than disk space usage, I don’t really see any issues with flatpak. It’s a great solution especially for smaller projects, that don’t have resources to create packages for every format.

    • vexikron@lemmy.zip
      1·
      7 months ago

      Really? The only exception I have ever had to make to using deb sources for every kind of software I have ever needed is Bottles.

      What other software is only flatpak available?

      Anyway, I think flatpaks are just reinventing .exes. Yep lets do the equivalent of installing DirectX 35 times all over again. For older hardware and those with less access to internet, flatpaks are not great.

      Further, because flatpaks do not have their dependencies updated as frequently, this paradigm is less secure than having all your dependencies updated whenever you run apt update.