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minus-squareBetaDoggo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoFlatpak is good for diversity. Users don’t need to worry about whether the obscure distro they want to use has the software they want in its repos. If a distro supports flatpak it will work with most popular software out of the box.
minus-squareKrafty Kactus@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoPlus, developers can create their own repositories that can then be used on any distro.
minus-squaretaladar@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoDevelopers are exceptionally bad at packaging software though.
minus-squareeskimofry@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoSo having 1 packaging format that works across distros is good.
Flatpak is good for diversity. Users don’t need to worry about whether the obscure distro they want to use has the software they want in its repos. If a distro supports flatpak it will work with most popular software out of the box.
Plus, developers can create their own repositories that can then be used on any distro.
Developers are exceptionally bad at packaging software though.
So having 1 packaging format that works across distros is good.