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(DIR) Post #AVuxLuo2ZRtA50dYQ4 by iro_miya@mk.absturztau.be
2023-05-22T15:46:46.838Z
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Here's a dumb question, should I install stuff on Arch Linux through pacman or flatpak when both options are available?
(DIR) Post #AVuxX97bgb5hfF90Xw by jeder@miau.jeder.pl
2023-05-22T15:47:26.298Z
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@iro_miya@mk.absturztau.be i use flatpak as last resort
(DIR) Post #AVuxXfr5z0UXBafmtM by yassie_j@snowdin.town
2023-05-22T15:48:18.525723Z
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@iro_miya this is made up rightPacman? Flatpak?????
(DIR) Post #AVuxZRwChPwCbHuQ7s by usernameswift@snowdin.town
2023-05-22T15:49:06.094782Z
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@yassie_j @iro_miya Flatpak #1 💪
(DIR) Post #AVuxhlEmpLo2m3Z25g by electro@snowdin.town
2023-05-22T15:50:34.443749Z
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@iro_miya and then there’s distrobox and nix
(DIR) Post #AVuxjq0O4VwC8kor3Y by Reiddragon@mk.absturztau.be
2023-05-22T15:50:47.003Z
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@iro_miya flatpak will waste craptons of space, use more memory, be overall slower, and also breaks any integration with the host (cursor theme just stops being applied when the cursor is in a Flatpak window, GTK theme isn't applied, some font settings don't get properly applied etc)so yeah, just go with Arch repos, and maybe also look at the unofficial repos maintained by Trusted Users (they maintain a good chunk of the official repos but some also maintain their own unofficial repos for personal project or packages they can't put in the official repos for legal reasons like Chrome)
(DIR) Post #AVuxnbpqhIXxLpgk7M by natty@astolfo.social
2023-05-22T15:51:34.443Z
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@iro_miya@mk.absturztau.be Flatpak is nice when you don't wanna pull hundreds of libraries into your system install with something like Blender, and especially damn Electron (Flatpak is amazing for not polluting your system install with Electrons)
(DIR) Post #AVuxvKofrDDistp4Hw by natty@astolfo.social
2023-05-22T15:52:50.822Z
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@iro_miya@mk.absturztau.be You can also use Flatpak Bottles and you don't even need to enable multilib in Arch, because everything is nicely boxed
(DIR) Post #AVuxwPyEBDfl9vo8yu by iro_miya@mk.absturztau.be
2023-05-22T15:53:22.676Z
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@natty@astolfo.social I've never needed multilib for anything hmm
(DIR) Post #AVuxxyLbqtPw4FUAkq by Kagekokoro@bae.st
2023-05-22T15:53:40.375972Z
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@iro_miya @iro_miya Cc @mario
(DIR) Post #AVuy1MCJdOlGuEkiQK by natty@astolfo.social
2023-05-22T15:53:57.370Z
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@iro_miya@mk.absturztau.be Well then you probably don't need Wine/Bottles anyway ​:blobfoxfloofhappy:​ (maybe Steam though? I have that one via Flatpak as well)
(DIR) Post #AVuy3CaiK20xgv2oHQ by iro_miya@mk.absturztau.be
2023-05-22T15:54:36.712Z
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@natty@astolfo.social I have steam through pacman without multilib and it works idk
(DIR) Post #AVuyEYZIx3Bx2Pncp6 by natty@astolfo.social
2023-05-22T15:56:02.643Z
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@iro_miya@mk.absturztau.be I might be out of date, but last time i checked, Steam was in multilib"SteamInstallationEnable the multilib repository and install the steam package. "
(DIR) Post #AVuyHodte2tDl9V91c by iro_miya@mk.absturztau.be
2023-05-22T15:57:14.530Z
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@natty@astolfo.social you're right! then actually I had multilib enabled and forgot
(DIR) Post #AVuyKX2VY6Oo28JAi8 by mario@hornyjail.pro
2023-05-22T15:57:42.494738Z
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i'd always go for the distro's native package manager (pacman) but flatpacks have some benefits but also can run into issues (esp. regarding permissions)
(DIR) Post #AVuyNfHnLRtmTix7TM by kura@z0ne.social
2023-05-22T15:58:17.842Z
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@iro_miya@mk.absturztau.be pacman first and then you decide between flatpak or aur.Personally I go pacman > aur > flatpak.Pacman updates faster then flatpakAur reuses other (system) components (unlike flatpak)
(DIR) Post #AVuyQVBrKxj82HWrei by paulo@boks.moe
2023-05-22T15:58:46.481232Z
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@iro_miya pacmanwhat kind of question even is that, why would you ever use flatpak on archi understand using flatpak on a distro that forces you to but arch literally doesn't
(DIR) Post #AVuyc7YR2Zb4Cnd3o0 by paulo@boks.moe
2023-05-22T16:00:34.734360Z
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@iro_miya nowadays one of the biggest selling point of arch is being one of the few distros with a functioning package managerinstalling arch and using flatpak is completely insane :insane-eagle:
(DIR) Post #AVuz17KszRk2ldD7se by cute_stuff@blahaj.zone
2023-05-22T16:02:03.986Z
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@iro_miya@mk.absturztau.be If you're willing to change flatpak permissions, or if you need wine/multilib, choose flatpak. Otherwise pacman as long as your software is in the repo. Avoid AUR when possible(malware risk).