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Why Flatpak Won and Snap and AppImage Didn't. - Cameron Knauff (youtube.com)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/linux@programming.dev
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[–] 27 points 6 months ago (9 children)

AppImages are completely different thing versus Flatpak and Snap.

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    I use Appimage and flatpack, but not snaps.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    I'm not sure why you reply this to me directly.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    He is not using Snaps, though.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    Sure (myself neither). I just don't understand why he replies that to me, as if it is an argument to make a point for or against my reply. And seeing that some people downvoted me confuses me even more. I just said I don't understand why he replied to me. Why would anyone downvote without explaining?? What is the reason people got it the wrong way? Really I'm just confused.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Do tell... genuine question, what would you consider 2 significant differeces?

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    Flatpak is a central repository where an application is installed in a sandbox and cached. It can be updated from that central repository.

    Snap is a mounted filesystem containing a repository and is stored locally. It is not sandboxed. It cannot be updated in part but is overwritten in whole. It is distributed by individual app maintainers, not a centralized repository.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (2 children)

    Sure. Streaming and DVDs are also completely different things but both deliver media to your TV. The consumer chooses what the consumer wants.

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    The comparison does not hold up, because for watching films it does not matter on what medium it is. But for applications it has huge implications for maintaining versions, updates, creating packages with or without runtimes and dependencies and a repository and so on, that work differently on operating systems and so on. This goes way beyond just the user choosing the format.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago

    I don’t think I’ve made my point very well.

    From the user perspective, all they want is an app.

    They choose the minimal effort way to get that app. If flatpaks are what is distribute in that icon that says App Store, that’s what they go with.

    If we ever want to actually increase Linux usage in the mainstream that is the attitude we will have to take.

    You’re right, but you’re right in the wrong way. Everything you say is true, but try explaining that to the average user of Windows.

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