Matti Pulkkinen: >> Gnome Software, at least, will happily update both your RPMs and >> your Flatpaks. George N. White III: > But only when the stars are properly aligned. It is more accurate to > say the intention is that Gnome Software will update both (using > packagekit). > Oh the irony of the naming, "flatpaks." What's the worst way of fitting new furniture into your house? Some guys deliver it ready-made and carry it into your house, or you buy a box of bits (probably missing some of them) from Ikea and try to assemble it yourself? ;-) Yes, I know the metaphor isn't exactly equal (since *YOU* don't assemble the software), I'm just amused by the choice of name. I've used these precompiled packages on Linux and Mac, the convenience of just one binary blob installs by dragging and dropping it wherever you like (which may well mean that each user has their own duplicate, rather than a system install), and simply running it "as-is" is quite handy. But I've found they often don't work fully. It's quite likely you'd need a custom precompiled blob from them for your particular distro for it to be fully functional. The example I keep bringing up, because it's so damn annoying and stupid, is apps that can't print, even after several years of bug reports. I mean, come on, we've had working IPP and CUPS for decades. It's no secret how to print through them, nor that you're going to go through them to print, they all know the distros use them. Everybody else managed it. -- uname -rsvp Linux 3.10.0-1160.62.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Apr 5 16:57:59 UTC 2022 x86_64 Boilerplate: All unexpected mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted. I will only get to see the messages that are posted to the mailing list. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
