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Why Flatpak Won and Snap and AppImage Didn't. - Cameron Knauff (youtube.com)
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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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