I’m installing MS Edge via flatpak with flatpak install com.microsoft.Edge My internet connection is shoddy (hotspot connection) and I’ve been getting this error: Failed to install com.microsoft.Edge: While downloading https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/edge/pool/main/m/microsoft-edge-stable/mi…

Maybe this deserves its own thread, but lots of pros and cons around Flatpak as a legit contender for multi-platform/distro software distribution. I think all us FOSS worshippers will agree distro-hopping is a fun but challenging way to break certain apps. Modern DEs like Plasma 6.x and Gnome 45+ h…

[image] Almo: Maybe this deserves its own thread i think I will leave if for now. If it grows I will move it. [image] Almo: multi-platform/distro software distribution That might make a topic?

[image] Almo: … avoid 'em wherever possible. I go a step further. When a software manufacturer denies supporting my system’s native package concept, he can keep his software wherever he wants to. I won’t use it.

[image] Alfred Bühler: I won’t use it. I admire that … making a stand is about all us users can do

Yes, indeed. Sometimes it’s required to put up a sign. Edit: Even if nobody cares. :wink:

I suppose one could disassemble a flatpack, extract the package essentials, then install it without the container or the library overhead. It might be easier to start from source code.

Yes, but then I’d partially accept the delivery of FP-only software. A complete refusal is for me a better approach. Building from source is the last resort. EDIT: Any FOSS software shouldn’t try to force its users into something.

[image] Alfred Bühler: Any FOSS software shouldn’t try to force its users into something I agree in principle You want plain software without any packaging? … closest would be BSD ports. [image] Alfred Bühler: Building from source is the last resort It is not all that difficult. Bi…

[image] Neville Jackson: about all us users can do But I see “us users” as regression testers also, “eating our own dog food” as MS was fond of saying in the Ballmer/Nadella era. Strange/esoteric use cases and bloat caused by the pervasive (invasive?) telemetry of the AI epoch “us users” are …

[image] Neville Jackson: You want plain software without any packaging? No, I want them to follow the system’s native packaging. That’s good enough; no need to reinvent the wheel.

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