I am currently using Linux Mint (after a long stint of using MX Linux) after learning it handles Nvidia graphics cards flawlessly, which I am grateful for. Whatever grief I have given Ubuntu in the past, I take it back because when they make something work, it is solid.

Anyways, like most distros these days, Flatpaks show up alongside native packages in the package manager / app store. I used to have a bias towards getting the natively packed version, but these days, I am choosing Flatpaks, precisely because I know they will be the latest version.

This includes Blender, Cura, Prusaslicer, and just now QBittorrent. I know this is probably dumb, but I choose the version based on which has the nicer icon.

  • TimeMuncher@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    No, because the updates are in GBs and my internet is limited. I’d rather install nixos and spend time learning it than install flatpak apps.

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      1 year ago

      Updating individual applications is a pain on NixOS. You’d either have to override the attributes of the package (which can get quite ugly and complicated and does not always work) or pull in a new commit of nixpkgs that has the version you want which requires the download of a ton of other dependencies that were compiled for that specific commit of nixpkgs.

      Flatpaks solved this problem for me and helped reduce the download size every time I wanted to update something.

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      1 year ago

      I am ignoring size, which as much as it doesn’t matter for my computer setup, is still space that can be better spent on games and video.

      Damn, I guess I need to learn Nixos.