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I'm fine with using traditional package managers, is there any benefit to using Flatpak? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago by etherphon@lemmy.world to c/linux4noobs@lemmy.world

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I went to install some software today (Gradia) which is only available via Flathub apparently, the install size is larger than my distro which feels like a bit much for a screenshot tool. What's the deal with the massive size of Flatpaks and is it really worth all the extra space? 4GB per application?

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[–] BigTrout75@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Whoa! That's a gigantic Flatpak. I like FP because I can centrally managing app permissions with flatseal. I also like it when installing apps that have x86 libraries that I didn't want to install on my x64 only box. Not perfect, but it's nice also installing apps that only live in userspace and didn't touch my core os files. I like to to keep system and userspace separate. It's also nice to uninstall and remove everything associated. Pro-tip: try to only install flatpaks from original app devs if you can.

[–] etherphon@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I know right? I was surprised because I thought Linux was more concerned about efficiency but there's all sorts of options for everyone I suppose.