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[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

shouldn’t be using distro specific installers.

We have Flatpak and AppImage, and space isn't as expensive as it once was. The problem I have is the sandboxing and isolation can make plugins problematic.

[–] spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I mean, obviously I'm not advocating that you install pipewire or pipewire plugins as appimages.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 hours ago

My last flatpack fight was with OBS. It refused to load external plugins, and also made v4l unsolvable at the time.