Re: How did I get a flatpack installed?

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On 10/12/21 00:38, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 12/10/2021 09:53, Samuel Sieb wrote:
I usually use the net installer, but it's possible that I used the Workstation live to install F34 on this system.  I noticed Thunderbird seemed to be a bit strange, not integrated well.  For example, I couldn't open pdf files normally.  I couldn't pick the pdf viewer, only an option to use the default system opener or save the file.  I discovered what had happened when I tried to update it and dnf said it wasn't installed.  It took a while, but eventually I figured out that it was a flatpack.  I would never intentionally install a flatpack, particularly when there's a perfectly good rpm available.

So my question is, how did Thunderbird get installed as a flatpack? Is that the default for the workstation install now?

When I opened Gnome Software, it gave me the initial welcome dialog, so I didn't use that to install it.  I did use that to remove the flatpack and I could see that it would be very easy to accidentally install the flatpack version instead of the rpm one.

Not sure if this is a valid data point.  I installed F35 Workstation from the Live Beta Image.  There was no thunderbird installed. If I click on Activities and type thunderbird it shows up in "Software" and I suppose if I click on it it would get installed.
 From where?  I can't tell.

Now that you mention it, I do have a vague recollection that I might have done that. I would certainly hope that it doesn't default to the flatpack, but that might be possible.
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