Karna@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 8 days agoGNOME Software May Eventually Drop RPM Support In Favor Of Flatpakswww.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1145arrow-down16
arrow-up1139arrow-down1external-linkGNOME Software May Eventually Drop RPM Support In Favor Of Flatpakswww.phoronix.comKarna@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 8 days agomessage-square39fedilink
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-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.
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…
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.
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.
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…
Oh that makes sense.