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What's your opinion on Snap/Flatpak, and why?
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I'm fine with Flatpak (and also AppImages if a Flatpak isn't available). As for Snaps, I don't like some of Canonical's decisions like apt installing the Firefox Snap instead of a deb package, and I think the user experience when using Flatpaks is better overall.
This doesn't mean Flatpaks are perfect for me yet, they just work better than their alternatives.