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  • I think bringing in an entire operating system, which may well include libraries and other files that I already have installed, to run something small can be considered bloat.

    I currently have multiple versions of Nvidia’s libraries installed for some reason on my system through flatpak. I have no idea why that’s necessary but if I don’t allow this to happen I get dropped down to software rendering.


  • sugartits@lemmy.worldtoLinux@lemmy.mlIs there a downside to Flatpak?
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    9 months ago

    That’s not how Flatpak works.

    That’s exactly how flatpaks work if the library you need is not in the runtime. Which is very often the case.

    I know because I made one for my personal use and the package was not available elsewhere.

    Additionally, at least for Flathub, they have shared modules for commonly used libraries that aren’t in runtimes. (Many are related to games or legacy support like GTK2.)

    So we’re just reinventing the wheel with more bloat? Brilliant.