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submitted 10 months ago by 0485919158191@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

Basically title.

I’m wondering if a package manager like flatpak comes with any drawback or negatives. Since it just works on basically any distro. Why isn’t this just the default? It seems very convenient.

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[-] Snoopy@jlai.lu 72 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

There is some drawback. The main one : app can't communicate with each other.

Example firefox and his extension keepass. As keepass can't communicate with firefox, you have to open both apps and switch their windows.

You can use flatseal to manage communication between apps but that's not an easy process and may prove a security issue if you don't understand the technical jargon.

[-] GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml 39 points 10 months ago

You only need flatseal on GNOME. KDE has it baked into the settings

[-] Snoopy@jlai.lu 12 points 10 months ago

Thank for the information. i didn't know since i use vanilla os :)

[-] GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 months ago

Kde has many things baked into the settings that gnome hasn't. GNOME is just more beautiful (and has PaperWM which is why I have to use GNOME)

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