#flatpak

[glorpagungus]

feels kinda stupid flatseal isnt installed by default in most distros

[degenezijde]

I've been using my 2013 Toshiba notebook as a media center for Bollie. It's running Linux Lite and I'm using Kodi so she can pick series she wants from the visual interface.

In the beginning I also used the VRTMAX and Youtube add-ons but those have stopped working.

Turns out that Kodi isn't being actively maintained on Linux anymore, except it is when you install through Flatpak.

Sadly, Linux Lite doesn't seem to support Flatpak - I tried and it didn't work.

So I'll be looking into getting a new distro. If anyone has tips for a distro that will run on a 2013 machine with these specs and has Flatpak support, shoot!

[42e17]

[forever-stuck-on-java-8]

What's up with these flatpak reviews?

[linux-opinions]

flatpaks, appimages, and snaps are just an excuse for (especially corporate proprietary) applications to put less work into developing for Linux, and their sandboxing only serves to make them slightly unreliable in every environment, rather than at strongly reliable in some environments

[pipewire-official]

this has no right being proprietary

[gay-systemdeez]

Naughty applications get installed as a flatpak 😈

[andmaybegayer]

Conceptually I don't even mind flatpak but despite dramatically simplifying everything about packaging, it still develops inscrutable issues that have long been solved by traditional packaging. The trade-off is of course that traditional packaging is basically a huge waste of time and effort for 90% of desktop packages.

Appimage has actually been pretty good for this because it's less focused on isolation but part of the appeal of flatpak is the whole flatpak composability thing flathub wants you to do.