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

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[–] russjr08@outpost.zeuslink.net 5 points 1 year ago

Out of the three, I prefer Flatpaks. Mainly because they have a nice centralized-capable model for performing updates (but not locked centralized like Snaps are), and I can't say I've personally run into a distro where Flatpaks didn't work.

I haven't taken a look at them from a developer standpoint, but from what I hear the development experience isn't bad? If that isn't the case though, I'd love to hear more about why.