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I see a lot of negativity in this thread. Personally I think flatpaks make it super easy to use a rock solid stable distribution as your base OS, and then run t
by Jackevansevo 3y ago
I see a lot of negativity in this thread. Personally I think flatpaks make it super easy to use a rock solid stable distribution as your base OS, and then run the latest and greatest software on top.
In years gone-by if I wanted the latest versions of software I'd have to use an unstable rolling release distro. Now I can just use Debian stable and essentially get the exact same experience.
- nani8ot 3y agoAgreed. Just looking at the Steam Deck and how well flatpak works as a distro independent way to install apps is great. Flatpak supports mutliple remotes (repos), everything is open source and apps are partially sandboxed. Locking down network permissions with Flatseal [1] is great for situations like with PolyMC, were a maintainer's gone rogue without having to worry about leaking data. [1] https://flathub.org/apps/com.github.tchx84.Flatseal https://flathub.org/apps/com.github.tchx84.Flatseal
- Ferret7446 3y agoAlthough SteamOS is Arch which is an "unstable" rolling release. Personally I like flatpak because you don't need root (or a writable /) to install software.
- hospitalJail 3y agoWait, so you can use your Nvidia GPU with Debian stable? The kernel was outdated last time I checked. Flatpaks solve this?
- rc00 3y agoDebian makes newer kernels available for Stable via Backports. I believe 6.5 is currently the latest available. There are also Nvidia flatpak packages available that will install based on the driver version installed.
- Jackevansevo 3y agoI never mentioned anything about Nvidia GPUs...