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    I'm probably going to get a lot of explanations in the comments (lemmy.world)
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    [–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Look up snap and flatpak, they're both based on a distro agnostic image/packaging model that allows developers to package for multiple distros rather than building native packaging for every single one. Both systems also solve the problem of two softwares requiring separate versions of the same dependency which is a fiddly problem at best for native packages.

    Personally I'm a fan of flatpak, snap is similar but wholly driven by Canonical and their business interests.

    Both have features that provide a solidly good reason to use them, there isn't a clear "better" system yet. I prefer Flatpak personally but snap still handles some cases (daemon software run by the system or as root) better than flatpak.