Flatpak made Linux Life Much Better For Me

Sourav MahatoSourav Mahato
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When I started learning Linux, Flatpak was still very new. But now, almost all major distros support Flatpak in their app stores. What I understood about Flatpak is it runs apps in a sandbox, kind of like AppImage, but more stable and reliable.
Its way better than dealing with dependency issues in traditional package managers. Sometimes, you install one app and another thing breaks that headache is not there in Flatpak.
The best part is I don’t need to think is it RPM or DEB, which command to use, or how to install manually. Just one Flatpak command or app store click done.
Also, I use Flatseal and Warehouse to manage permissions and Flatpak apps easily. It makes everything more simple, like mobilestyle control on apps.
The real problem I faced before was with stable distros that get updates after 1 or 2 years. Then you’re stuck with very old apps, or have to manually add thirdparty repos to get latest version. That’s risky and messy.
But with Flatpak, I get latest open-source apps, and the community support is also great. Most popular apps are already available in Flatpak now, and new ones are coming fast.
Yes, it needs a bit more RAM and storage because it runs in sandbox and comes bundled but I feel that’s okay. At least I don’t need to fight with repos and broken packages.
Some system level apps still need native install, but for most desktop usage, Flatpak is enough. Regular updates, no breaking system Flatpak really changed my Linux experience.

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