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[-] PureTryOut@lemmy.world 24 points 4 months ago

what a flatpac is and why people hate it,

Huh, most people actually like Flatpak, and for good reasons too.

[-] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago

If you know what flatseal is and how to set permissions, it gets a lot better.

[-] tea@lemmy.today 2 points 4 months ago

I am super thankful for flatpaks. I do wish I understood things a little better in flat seal though. can do some basics but I don't know or understand what 95% of the flat seal options are for a given piece of software or why some of the fixes I've put in from when I'm googling a problem actually work.

[-] Bluewing@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Flatseal, flat sweep, and warehouse will manage all your flatpaks as you see fit. And Gear Lever for managing all your appImages.

[-] PureTryOut@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Or KDE's built-in Flatpak permissions settings. But yeah I guess, it's mostly needed for applications that haven't adopted to the new Portal API's yet which is the better solution, but this works for now until applications have updated.

[-] WraithGear@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

i could not get them to play nice with the hardware, pipewire, or each other. and they don’t like being messed with

[-] Bluewing@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Most people do like flatpaks, I use them because I use Kinonite and Atomic Budgie, but there are those people that don't like them or any other 3rd party universal packaging format. it's kind of a Luddite attitude if you ask me.

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