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sohrob ◴[23 May 25 03:25 UTC] No.44069585[source]▶

I'm not an open source maintainer or even a dev, but it seems bonkers to me that with all the numerous distributions out there, all facing the same problem of package management, that they couldn't just refocus their combined efforts toward improving Flatpak and guiding it toward universal adoption.

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1. palata ◴[23 May 25 05:42 UTC] No.44070190[source]▶

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Maybe one reason why many "distributions" exist is that they don't feel like "distributing" the same way :-).

Diversity is good. I don't want "one distribution" that chooses the init system, distribution, compositor, window manager, etc. I want to have choice.

When it comes to distributing packages, I personally like system package managers. Not such a big fan of flatpak.

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