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Ubuntu Flavors Will Stop Using Flatpak (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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In a surprise move, Ubuntu developers have agreed to stop shipping Flatpak, preinstalled Flatpak apps, and any plugins needed to install Flatpak apps through a GUI software tool in the default package set across all eight of Ubuntu’s official flavors, as of the upcoming Ubuntu 23.04 release.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Flavor leads (apparently) agree

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Ubuntu asking its flavors to stop using something because it doesn’t is a head scratcher. Flavors regularly use things Ubuntu doesn’t, things you could argue are more intrinsic to an “Ubuntu experience”, like installers, login managers, icon themes etc. Why single out Flatpak?

IMO Canonical wants to make snap like google play, where people sell stuff and they take a 20-30 percent commission

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

The most popular non-Canonical derivatives, Linux Mint and POP OS, have both totally rejected and vocally criticize Canonical's bullshit, Snap or otherwise. This isn't going to make the fall in line, this is going to make them finally get serious about ditching Ununtu and switching directly to the upstream Debian base.

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

Yup. S76 drew a pretty clear line in the sand when they went all in on Flatpak. I'm glad some derivatives have the backbone to not back Canonical's decision making.