Maybe Valve could fund them?
Anyone have the connections to make this happen?
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
#12$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.
That very incoherence is probably why it rarely works.
Re: KDE and GNOME seeks $100k to turn Flathub into a Store for the Linux desktop
#13how much to add thumbnails to the file picker?
Looks like there has been some progress on this front - https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/commit/b0f65ead84c1ecd5...
Re: KDE and GNOME seeks $100k to turn Flathub into a Store for the Linux desktop
#14Why the hell do you need store when you have pacman/AUR
Re: KDE and GNOME seeks $100k to turn Flathub into a Store for the Linux desktop
#15I'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.
Honest question; why do you still use Ubuntu then?
By now, Snap is such a fundamental part of Ubuntu that it begs the question whether Ubuntu is right for you if you want to avoid it. Why not use a derivative or upstream that makes different choices?
Re: KDE and GNOME seeks $100k to turn Flathub into a Store for the Linux desktop
#16Why the hell do you need store when you have pacman/AUR
How do I sell my software on pacman?
Re: KDE and GNOME seeks $100k to turn Flathub into a Store for the Linux desktop
#17Uh no, I wouldn't even hand over a penny to the GNOME project.
Re: KDE and GNOME seeks $100k to turn Flathub into a Store for the Linux desktop
#18I'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.
I get where you are coming from, but my first attempt at setting up nextcloud was with a snap and it made the experience a lot less challenging to a newbie ( though these days, I would likely not do it that way ). What is the benefit of flathub over ubuntu store?
Re: KDE and GNOME seeks $100k to turn Flathub into a Store for the Linux desktop
#19Why the hell do you need store when you have pacman/AUR
User adoption, I guess
Re: KDE and GNOME seeks $100k to turn Flathub into a Store for the Linux desktop
#20I haven't been the biggest fan of flatpak and generally wish software would either be packaged as an rpm or an AppImage, but the OP makes a pretty strong case for why it's a good idea (because existing options are too niche, and have no ability to incentivize developers who need to get paid for their work. This leads to Linux desktop having far fewer applications available to them compared to windows and mac.)
I do hope the command-line UX around flatpaks (installing, updating, etc) improves a lot though as currently it leaves much to be desired.