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    [–] [email protected] 28 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

    I would rather have a snap than building from source or use some tar.gz archive with a sketchy install script

    I agree, but that sounds like false dichotomy to me because snap competes with flatpak.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

    I never presented this as a dichotomy. You know, people prefer things in a certain order, right? I prefer Flatpaks and native packages over snaps and I prefer snaps to building from source.

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 6 hours ago

    True, but your post did kinda read like this:

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

    There are plenty of use cases that snap provides that flatpak doesn't - they only compete in a subset of snap's functionality. For example, flatpak does not (and is not designed to) provide a way to use it to distribute kernels or system services.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

    I don't think that the distribution of system packages is the issue. People need a way to easily distribute and obtain everyday applications, and to keep them up to date in the same manner. Linus spoke about this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pzl1B7nB9Kc

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago

    It depends what you're trying to accomplish. For me, having the ability to essentially use Lego to put together my system is one of the great features of both snap and nix that Flatpak doesn't cover.