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Re:PinePhone – Beta Edition Linux SmartPhone Preorder by grey_earthling on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @11:03AM (#26568110)
The best of both worlds is possible. I can install $StrictGNULinuxDistro with very strict policies about software freedom and quality and so on; and then if I want to, I can add Flathub, $OtherFlatpakRepo and/or $ThirdPartyDebOrRpmOrWhateverRepo as well.

Gatekeeping may be a feature or a bug depending on your opinion, but we don't all have to have the same priorities for our software repos, because we can each choose which repos we use.

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Re:PinePhone – Beta Edition Linux SmartPhone Preorder by imwillofficial on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @03:08PM (#26571627)
Yeah because flatpacks are a joy to use. /sarc The older I get, the less time I have to fumble around with crappy user interfaces on half assed software. I’m far more willing to pay, or even used closed source software because it gets the job done, and sparks joy.
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