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Response to “Flatpak Is Not the Future” (theevilskeleton.gitlab.io)
1 point by judiisis on Aug 31, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments


>> Flatpak wants to download 3D drivers, patented video codecs, themes, locales, Qt 5, KDE 5, GTK 3, ICU, LLVM, ffmpeg, Python, and everything else in org.kde.Platform, all to run a calculator.

> Flatpak installs these runtimes to ensure that you and other users are running the exact same binaries and libraries

So this calculator's use /runs/ these 3D drivers, patented video codecs, ffmpeg etc.? Sounds very unlikely.


Flatpak is a scourge, wasteful, and a constant security headache. I would invest great effort in removing it from my life.

But let ke tell you how I really feel...




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