“Distributors entering Flatpakland”
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In which we learn (surprise!) that Fedora and openSUSE, supporters of #flatpak, will suddently provide all of Flathub to their users, including proprietary software.
Distributors entering Flatpakland
Linux distributions have changed quite a bit over the last 30 years, but the way that they package software has been relatively static. While the .lwn.net
Ludovic Courtès
in reply to Ludovic Courtès • • •As I wrote in a comment, I think we #FreeSoftware folks and #Guix in particular must address the shortcomings of traditional distros that make flatpak appear necessary. Instead we must design for practical user freedom.
The alternative is: more control for software vendors, or more power to users?