KDE and GNOME seeks $100k to turn Flathub into a Store for the Linux desktop
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Re: KDE and GNOME seeks $100k to turn Flathub into a Store for the Linux desktop
#2Flathub could become the killer "app" for the Linux desktop. No need to juggle dependencies and third party repos. The software you need in an instant.
Re: KDE and GNOME seeks $100k to turn Flathub into a Store for the Linux desktop
#3Flathub could become the killer "app" for the Linux desktop. No need to juggle dependencies and third party repos. The software you need in an instant.
>relevant xkcd comic on standards inserted here
Re: KDE and GNOME seeks $100k to turn Flathub into a Store for the Linux desktop
#4$100,000 to build up a system that totally ignores the system package manager? Sounds great!
Re: KDE and GNOME seeks $100k to turn Flathub into a Store for the Linux desktop
#5$100,000 to build up a system that totally ignores the system package manager? Sounds great!
Good. The “system package manager” is good for updating the OS, it’s not good for packaging desktop applications, especially proprietary ones.
If you use the gnome Software app, it merges flatpak, dnf, and the firmware updater in one “updates” page with a single button to update it all.
Re: KDE and GNOME seeks $100k to turn Flathub into a Store for the Linux desktop
#6how much to add thumbnails to the file picker?
Re: KDE and GNOME seeks $100k to turn Flathub into a Store for the Linux desktop
#7$100,000 to build up a system that totally ignores the system package manager? Sounds great!
A Flatpak proponent would tell you that's the whole point. But that’s not where the cost lies, but staffing and running a store.
Re: KDE and GNOME seeks $100k to turn Flathub into a Store for the Linux desktop
#8how much to add thumbnails to the file picker?
GTK4 is getting them.
Re: KDE and GNOME seeks $100k to turn Flathub into a Store for the Linux desktop
#9I'm an Ubuntu user and the first thing I always do in a new system is removing the Ubuntu Store, completely removing snapd, and installing the Flathub Store.
Re: KDE and GNOME seeks $100k to turn Flathub into a Store for the Linux desktop
#10Flathub could become the killer "app" for the Linux desktop. No need to juggle dependencies and third party repos. The software you need in an instant.
>relevant xkcd comic on standards inserted here
I agree that it is "yet another standard", but I gotta say that Flatpak is pretty sweet, and does actually do a good job of making "one package manager to rule them all".
I think part of the problem with a lot of "selling stuff on Linux" has been mucking around with different dependencies for the thousand different versions of Linux.
Historically, this has led to a couple solutions: either a) Just officially support one distro (usually Ubuntu), or b) just don't release a Linux version.
Flatpak has actually succeeded in making a system that kind of works everywhere, and I think it actually has a shot of being an equivalent to the Mac App Store.