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Flatpak on Ubuntu Touch? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Does anyone know if Ubuntu Touch supports flatpaks? I’ve been following the project and think what they’re doing is super cool for mobile Linux. I’ve even been thinking about installing it on one of my devices just to try it out at some point.

One problem though. Does it support flatpak? If not, that might be a deal breaker. All the best mobile friendly apps are easily available through flathub. It’s also my preferred way to get them since snap is not as good and natives packages are bound to be outdated given Ubuntu Touch’s current version.

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

Flatpak is just a package manager. If it's built for whatever you have UT installed on, sure. Why not?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It’s just there’s a severe lack of communication regarding it. I’ve never seen a single flatpak app mentioned in their videos, posts, or documentation. I’m sure since it’s based on Ubuntu the package exists but it seems like they aren’t on board with flatpak generally. I’ve seen mention of getting snaps and they have an app store but there’s no flatpak support on it.

I don’t mind the terminal but a graphical interface would be much preferred.

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

Canonical makes Ubuntu, and also the Snap Package Manager. They've been trying to push Snap for years, which is why Flatpak is an alternative to Snap. You won't find Canonical/Ubuntu docs spreading Flatpak.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This is a community project though. They aren’t affiliated with canonical I think as they’re not an official spin.

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

The footer of the Ubuntu Touch site:

Not sure what you thought you were into, but...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

But this is on their faq

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

Right, but just because you have people maintaining the project, it's still based on Canonical's Ubuntu, therefore Snap by default. Take it up with their community if you don't like that, that's the point of community outreach.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I'm not saying I have any problem with it, it's their work after all. I was just asking a question since I couldn't find anything that clarified the project's position. And tbh I would feel very uncomfortable entering their channels, asking if they support flatpak and then leaving. So I figured I would ask on lemmy and leave the information for all who were equally curious.