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Appimages, snaps and flatpaks, which one do you prefer and why?

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[–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Flatpaks. On Mint, the GUI update tool updates both Flatpaks and natively installed packages. It's fantastic.

[–] Kcg@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I just returned to linux after a few years. Mint is so slick and out of the box ready. Gonna stay a bit longer I think.