I’m curious to know what are the apps/packages that you install from Flatpak?
If it’s not available in the official repo then it’s understandable but are there apps that you install from Flatpak even if it’s available in the official repo? If yes, then why?
So far, I’ve tried to avoid flatpak packages but maybe I should consider using some.
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10 flatpak apps installed here
Usually it’s great for proprietary applications since you can confine them to a single directory or remove untrusted permissions in a very trivial way if you are using Plasma.
KDE applications have been better directly from the slowroll repositories than flatpak in my experience (other’s mileage may vary). But for electron based apps or for anything that is not your current UI toolkit it’s usually nice.
PS: 66 flatpaks here using snapper and borg to make a cheap imitation of an immutable slowroll 
Zero, because flatpak doesn’t respect my cursor theme, and I can’t be bothered to take three minutes to tell flatpaks how to use my preferred cursor theme.
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At the moment none. In the past I really liked Fedora media writer (which I also used in Windows 11) and sometimes qgis. However Fedora media writer, a small package of a few mb, weighed over 3gb. So after an update I discovered that my slowroll had imageburner and imagewriter which are even better.
Well, this is what I have from flatpaks:
com.anydesk.Anydesk
com.belmoussaoui.Obfuscate
com.github.Bleuzen.FFaudioConverter
com.github.finefindus.eyedropper
com.github.tchx84.Flatseal
com.google.EarthPro
com.mattjakeman.ExtensionManager
com.rafaelmardojai.Blanket
com.rustdesk.RustDesk
com.simplenote.Simplenote
com.viber.Viber
io.dbeaver.DBeaverCommunity
io.freetubeapp.FreeTube
io.gdevelop.ide
io.github.flattool.Warehouse
io.github.manisandro.gImageReader
io.github.shiftey.Desktop
net.davidotek.pupgui2
net.epson.epsonscan2
org.bunkus.mkvtoolnix-gui
org.ferdium.Ferdium
org.firestormviewer.FirestormViewer
org.gnome.Connections
org.gnome.meld
org.godotengine.Godot
org.mozilla.Thunderbird
org.openshot.OpenShot
org.sqlitebrowser.sqlitebrowser
org.torproject.torbrowser-launcher
org.upscayl.Upscayl
org.videolan.VLC
@SeriousHoax Hi, I have a number Flatseal, Cockpit Client, Handbrake and VLC and it’s associated support files. More on Aeon as that’s what is used…
Packages: 2221 (rpm), 60 (flatpak)
zero here.
One for now on for my keyboard after trying to build the software myself, I have about 5 packages from personal repo’s.
3 - Signal, Spotify, Discord.
And 11 dependencies.
Out of 3, discord is the only one that is in TW repo, but I’ve had better experience in the past with the flatpak verison.
I use bauh for install flatpak apps and prove them and then delete them
You can use bauh for execute apps without use terminal
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Almost all my apps are flatpaks, so far, no issue whatsoever. There is only one app, that i do not know if it’s a issue on it, or on the flatpak, with it’s theme. I changed to a dark mode, and the minimize, maximize, and close buttons on the top right corner, are whitish/grey. It does not interfere on the app functions tough, just mentioning because it was and is the only “issue” i had so far. The reason i use flatpak instead of Suse packages, is the reason i would do in any other distro, which is…security. At least, in theory, flatpak should be safer, since every app will be running on a sandbox. Also, you can install flatseal, which allows you to change an apps permissions, like connecting to the Internet.
Another reason to use it, is that some mobile, Linux communities, are trying to make it fully useful on their Linux phones. IMHO, that would be such a game changer.
Reasons to not use it, it can use more space than apps from Suse repository would, duplicating files, and such. As long as you have an SSD or HD with lot’s of space, that shall not be a major issue.
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Hi!
I use openSUSE Leap (not Tumbleweed or Slowroll), currently 15.6.
I use several Flatpaks (approx. 10) where mostly the releases of the system repositories are too old for personally me. And especially, I use Install XnView MP on Linux | Flathub which is a great application for managing and viewing pictures. Years before, using Microsoft Windows, I used to use IrfanView - Official Homepage - One of the Most Popular Viewers Worldwide. I think, both XnView MP and IrfanView are outstanding and I like them much more than the common applications available on Linux for that purpose. Another app that I like as Flatpak is Install MediathekView on Linux | Flathub (it’s also available as AppImage or as ZIP, but this way, it updates automatically).
I also use two Snaps: Install TK-Safe on Linux | Snap Store (sadly, this is the only possibility to get it for Linux) and nstall OCRmyPDF on Linux | Snap Store (I had used a repo install and a Python install, before — but they messed up my system, so I switched to this solution).
And then, I have such as two AppImages which are not available otherwise (as binary — I don’t compile myself…).
none. Even flatpak itself is not installed. That’s the reason I’m on Tumbleweed in the first place: to get away from snap (and flatpack) and still have current software.
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I use flatpak packages only for non free softwares (signal) and for software with quite often broken depandancies (qgis)
sudo flatpak list
[sudo] Mot de passe de root :
Name Application ID Version Branch Installation
FreeTube io.freetubeapp.FreeTube 0.21.3 Beta stable system
Freedesktop Platform org.freedesktop.Platform freedesktop-sdk-23.08.23 23.08 system
Freedesktop Platform org.freedesktop.Platform freedesktop-sdk-24.08.3 24.08 system
Mesa org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default 24.2.3 23.08 system
Mesa (Extra) org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default 24.2.3 23.08-extra system
Mesa org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default 24.2.4 24.08 system
Mesa (Extra) org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default 24.2.4 24.08extra system
Intel org.freedesktop.Platform.VAAPI.Intel 23.08 system
Intel org.freedesktop.Platform.VAAPI.Intel 24.08 system
openh264 org.freedesktop.Platform.openh264 2.1.0 2.2.0 system
openh264 org.freedesktop.Platform.openh264 2.4.1 2.4.1 system
Breeze GTK theme org.gtk.Gtk3theme.Breeze 6.2.0 3.22 system
Adwaita theme org.kde.KStyle.Adwaita 5.15-23.08 system
KDE Application Platform org.kde.Platform 5.15-23.08 system
QGIS Desktop org.qgis.qgis 3.38.3 stable system
Signal Desktop org.signal.Signal 7.29.0 stable system
❯ flatpak list --app | wc -l
26
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flatpak list --app | wc -l
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I have Flatseal, ProtonPlus (as the one packaged in TW has stopped working for mysterious reasons), and Heroic Game Launcher.
Zero, and disabled Flatpak in Discover.
The problems with the file dialogs that are usually those of Gnome and the hard disk space management, made it clear to me that if it is not in RPM, I prefer an AppImage, which also allows me to have the applications on a removable device and share them even on the network without more than sharing your folder.
We even have since last week a version of Steam in AppImage format.