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Re:Ubuntu stops shipping Flatpak by default by fanatic2pope on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @10:23AM (#35357730)
Flatpak development actually started much earlier than that. The first version happened in 2007 when it was known as "Glick".

https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/wiki/Flatpak's-History

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Re:Ubuntu stops shipping Flatpak by default by account42 on Thursday March 30, 2023 @05:00AM (#35369899)
And AppImage was already a thing in 2004. To bad that everyone has to reinvent the wheel when it comes to packaging instead of building on the existing solutions.
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