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Why Flatpak Won and Snap and AppImage Didn't. - Cameron Knauff (youtube.com)
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[–] Kirk@startrek.website 14 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yeah Flatpacks aren't really "competing" with Appimages the way they are with Snaps.

[–] lengau@midwest.social 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Flatpaks are only "competing" with a small portion of what snaps do.

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Oh ok I didn't realize that. I've personally never encountered a situation where I needed a Snap because a Flatpak lacked functionality.

[–] lengau@midwest.social 5 points 4 days ago

Snaps are more comparable to nix, really. They can provide system services and even your kernel. Flatpaks and AppImages are only really about distributing desktop apps, but the rest of the system still needs to be provided another way.