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On "Wasting disk space" (www.ypsidanger.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Flatpaks aren't huge at all. This is a debunked myth. I can't recommend reading this article enough.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I don't think the article was defending bloated applications. Instead, it was defending Flatpak's use of storage.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You are right, and I understood that, but the methodology he uses - and therefore the conclusions - is wrong. He tests two virgin installs, adds some applications, and reaches a conclusion. It's like saying that I watched a baby be born and live until she was five, and so I've proven humans live forever. I also want him to confirn that no Flatpack was used for any packages on the Workstation 36 machine; I can't speak for Fedora, but on Arch AUR there are some packages that depend on Flatpack and will install it because that's the only way upstream releases it. So you can easily unintentionally end up with Flatpack on your Arch box if you're not careful.

Let's see a real-world, used desktop comparison with multiple package upgrade cycles after a year.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I didn't use any flatpaks on the workstation install. I'm about three years with this setup on 4 computers through multiple OS updates, works great.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I'm sure it works fine; the question is about how disk space usage compares.