ax1900kr@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 11 months agoWhen will they learn!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up1439arrow-down129
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minus-squareduviobaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down5·11 months agoI already have apt, why should i install another package manager?
minus-squareriodoro1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up26arrow-down2·11 months agoSandboxing, no dependency hell and user permissions are the biggest advantages.
minus-squareReborn2966@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agomhh, if 2 flatpacks use the same dependency, will it be downloaded / stored 2 times?
minus-squarephi1997@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up13·11 months agoOnly if they need different versions, IIRC
minus-squarethe_crab_man@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·11 months agoYes, but frequently used dependencies can be extracted into runtimes which can be shared by many applications.
minus-squareQuazarOmega@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoI’m curious if that would be mitigated by btrfs deduplication or not
minus-squared_k_bo@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoSome applications are available as Flatpak only, because it makes no sense to maintain 2-5 different packages of the same program for multiple distros, when you can also maintain 1 package for all distros.
I already have apt, why should i install another package manager?
Sandboxing, no dependency hell and user permissions are the biggest advantages.
mhh, if 2 flatpacks use the same dependency, will it be downloaded / stored 2 times?
Only if they need different versions, IIRC
Yes, but frequently used dependencies can be extracted into runtimes which can be shared by many applications.
I’m curious if that would be mitigated by btrfs deduplication or not
Some applications are available as Flatpak only, because it makes no sense to maintain 2-5 different packages of the same program for multiple distros, when you can also maintain 1 package for all distros.