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[-] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 30 points 1 week ago

If you're separating your application from the core system package manager and shared libraries, there had better be a good and specific reason for it (e.g. the app needs to be containerized for stability/security/weird dependency). If an app can't be centrally managed I don't want it on my system, with grudging exceptions.

Chocolatey has even made this possible in Windows, and lately for my Windows environments if I can't install an application through chocolatey then I'll try to find an alternative that I can. Package managers are absolutely superior to independent application installs.

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 14 points 1 week ago

I think stability is a pretty good reason

If an app can't be centrally managed

Open Discover, Gnome Software etc -> Click update?

[-] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 10 points 1 week ago
[-] Vittelius@feddit.de 6 points 1 week ago

And with topgrade you can even upgrade flatpaks and your distros repos in one go

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago

I'm now confused if they're saying that flatpak is centrally managed or not. To me it seems centrally managed, both the flatpak ecosystem but your whole machine (repo packages, firmware, flatpak) if you use those app stores. I might've misunderstood what they said.

[-] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

We're both saying that it's centrally managed

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

Fuck, I took both the wrong way. Sorry about that

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