Flatpak vs AUR

[Kresimir]

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@Kresimir please do what you do best

@dalto was quicker. I agree with him on this.

I would go even further, and make a claim that snapd is malware. I’ve already written about that on this forum:

KDE's August 2020 Apps Update

Oh boy, where to even start? Well, with Flatpak, because it’s a much lesser evil of the two. In fact, it’s not really that bad. The only issue I have with the concept of flatpaks is that they statically link all or most of their dependencies and do not integrate well with the system. The obvious downside of statically linking dependencies is that flatpaks use a lot of disk space. A less obvious, but perhaps more serious disadvantage is that older versions of dependencies may lack securit…

There is a reason why snapd is not in Arch Linux repos, even though it is very popular on the AUR. However, the best treatment of the subject is by Linux Mint.