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What's wrong with flatpak? Outside of a few limitations, flatpak generally makes things easier
this post was submitted on 02 Jul 2026
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@possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip flatpak causes bloat. I run a very lean system, so l generally avoid packages from flatpak. I avoid those packages considered convenient for Ubuntu.
Handbrake takes a lot of resources already since it does video transcoding. I don't know what you mean by "convenient for Ubuntu."
@possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip flatpak is designed primarily for Ubuntu, right ??
You are thinking of snap
@possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip l avoid snap as well. However, l do wish to work with Ubuntu studio in the future.
Ubuntu is completely unaffiliated with Flatpak and does not ship with flatpak preinstalled
Mixing GTK, QT, etc., causes extreme bloat too. Linux installs will seem lean at first but there're many ways they bloat quickly.
On Debian-based systems one has two options:
a) Install from Debian testing:
- add testing repo
- pin all packages from Testing, except
handbrake*, with negative priority - and hope it works without having conflicting dependencies.
b) Build from source:
- Activate the
deb-srcrepos in the sources, - install build tools:
sudo apt install build-essential dpkg-dev - install the build dependencies of handbrake:
sudo apt-get build-dep handbrake, - download the source archive from their website (or from Debian testing),
- follow their build instructions,
- recommended: build a deb package and install. (see Advice For New Users On Not Breaking Their Debian System and CheckInstall for more advice)