Karna@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 8 days agoGNOME Software May Eventually Drop RPM Support In Favor Of Flatpakswww.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1150arrow-down17
arrow-up1143arrow-down1external-linkGNOME Software May Eventually Drop RPM Support In Favor Of Flatpakswww.phoronix.comKarna@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 8 days agomessage-square40fedilink
minus-squareembed_me@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·7 days 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-squarebluee@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·7 days 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…
minus-squareverdigris@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·7 days 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.
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.
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…
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.
Oh that makes sense.