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Appimages, snaps and flatpaks (self.linux)

submitted 11 months ago by sohrabbehdani to c/[email protected]

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Appimages, snaps and flatpaks, which one do you prefer and why?

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[–] warmaster 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Snaps, hell no. I wouldn't touch anything Canonical TBH.

Appimages are very chaotic.

Fkatpaks leave a bunch of trash after uninstalling.

I use Flatpaks, while they are not perfect, they are improving.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Fkatpaks leave a bunch of trash after uninstalling.

From my experience, most of the things I'd like to delete after uninstalling are in ~/.var/app/(App ID)/.

[–] warmaster 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They shouldn't leave a thing behind. They shouldn't make me clean up their mess.

[–] AProfessional 2 points 11 months ago

No package format ever deletes user data in your home, what a weird take. Anyway it has a—delete-data flag.