• borari@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I feel like I remember there being a lot of pushback against flatpak even as recently as a few years ago. Wasn’t there a strong preference for programs to be in mainline repos or something like the Arch AUR?

    I know the AUR is being depreciated soon. Was there a major shift in receptiveness to flatpaks or something? From a security point of view I feel like the baked in sandboxing of flatpak binaries is probably a strong selling point.

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        1 year ago

        I’ve spent like 20 minutes trying to figure out what lodged that thought in my brain and I can’t find anything. I think maybe I mixed up a Kali extras repo or something, but can’t find any mention of that either, so clearly I’m losing it.

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      1 year ago

      Wait, AUR is being deprecated? You got a source for that? That’s like the one major selling point of using Arch or Arch-based distros (EndeavourOS, etc.) for me. I personally prefer to install my programs natively and not use snaps, flatpaks, etc.