Comment on snap rant
jrgd@lemm.ee 2 months agoSome additional reasons:
- The native packages are broken or otherwise missing functionality
- The app you’re using is quite volatile and needs upstream updates faster than the native packages are pushed
Flatpak specific:
- You want the app to be sandboxed
seaQueue@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Flatpak is a great choice for Steam in particular. The native install requires a full 32bit multilib install from your distros package repo, flatpak steam boxes all of that up on its own.