Re:Flatpak 1.0 Released, Ready for Prime Time
by ynniv on Monday August 20, 2018 @10:53AM
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What problems does Flatpak solve from a user perspective? Assume the user is already using Ubuntu, and will download and run any shell script without a second thought.
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Re:Flatpak 1.0 Released, Ready for Prime Time
by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Monday August 20, 2018 @11:01AM
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That shell script may not actually work because it makes assumptions about the structure of the underlying OS that may have changed 10 minutes ago on the arbitrary whim of a distro developer.
The installer/uninstaller paradigm is almost as bad as the package manager paradigm in my opinion.