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Not sure if I'm using the same package or just a similar one. I've been annoyed at all the snaps, flatpacks, appimages, etc. for a while now. I just want to update from the repo and not end up with a bunch of slow, broken, poorly integrated alternatives on my computer. Being able to properly manage app images with a tool like this made the alternate distribution formats so much more tolerable. Now when I install something I pray that I'll find an app image if it's not in the repos!
I mostly used
apt-getbut when I installed Ubuntu as a desktop OS, I used their store until I understood that Snaps were not always the officially packaged versions. The same thing with Flatpaks. I wanted to install Sublime Text so I looked to Flathub and found a package by Sublime HQ Pty Ltd. Imagine my surprise when went to Sublimes own website to saw that they offer it viaapt-get(on Ubuntu/Debian), they even say on their forum that they do not provide via Flatpak or Snap.Someone just uploaded a package using a name that looks official, while not actually being the owner of the product.