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Will Flatpak and Snap replace desktop Linux native apps? (www.theregister.com)
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Actually, the better question is: When will they replace most desktop Linux programs?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Immutable OS's like fedora silverblue tend to prefer flatpaks due to the read only nature of system files. Yes, you can rebuild the image and layer the rpm package over the rest of the system, but that's really supposed to be kept to a minimum.