Karna@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 2 months agoGNOME Software May Eventually Drop RPM Support In Favor Of Flatpakswww.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkGNOME Software May Eventually Drop RPM Support In Favor Of Flatpakswww.phoronix.comKarna@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 2 months agomessage-square37fedilink
minus-squareembed_me@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoI think they use up too much space. I primarily use laptops with limited SSD storage and using flatpak has come back to bite me a couple of times.
minus-squareverdigris@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoThe space becomes less and less of an issue the more of your system is in flatpaks, as any shared dependencies won’t be duplicated.
minus-squarebluee@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoIn this part, I agree, company laptop only provide 256 usable 234gb, and well… it doesn’t works great if I use a lot of flatpak apps for now, So I opt to use rpms… if 512, it will be different…
I think they use up too much space. I primarily use laptops with limited SSD storage and using flatpak has come back to bite me a couple of times.
The space becomes less and less of an issue the more of your system is in flatpaks, as any shared dependencies won’t be duplicated.
In this part, I agree, company laptop only provide 256 usable 234gb, and well… it doesn’t works great if I use a lot of flatpak apps for now, So I opt to use rpms… if 512, it will be different…