I suppose it might seem like that if you install it just for a singular app. Then the runtime + possible drivers are a hefty load. But everything after that, the weight of the deps proportional to the apps gets lighter through shared runtimes, drivers, dedupping and so on.
Some go to install a singular flatpak and are horrified by the amount it tries to install and never look back. Which I sorta get, though if that their level of familiarity with flatpak they might not be the best people to partake in the dep/flatpak/snap/appimage fights. But they still do.
Yes, the same can be said if you run GNOME and install a single KDE app or vice-versa. And here’s my petition to convert DigiKam to FLTK so everyone can enjoy it.
That’s true. I even have this thing where I don’t like to install KDE stuff on GNOME or GNOME stuff on KDE because I feel like the deps they pull in make my system “messier” since it now includes stuff from two DEs. It’s silly but it just bothers me. With flatpak I don’t feel the same, with it it keeps them neatly separated so it feels better.
Flatpak don’t be like this at all.
I suppose it might seem like that if you install it just for a singular app. Then the runtime + possible drivers are a hefty load. But everything after that, the weight of the deps proportional to the apps gets lighter through shared runtimes, drivers, dedupping and so on.
Some go to install a singular flatpak and are horrified by the amount it tries to install and never look back. Which I sorta get, though if that their level of familiarity with flatpak they might not be the best people to partake in the dep/flatpak/snap/appimage fights. But they still do.
Yes, the same can be said if you run GNOME and install a single KDE app or vice-versa. And here’s my petition to convert DigiKam to FLTK so everyone can enjoy it.
That’s true. I even have this thing where I don’t like to install KDE stuff on GNOME or GNOME stuff on KDE because I feel like the deps they pull in make my system “messier” since it now includes stuff from two DEs. It’s silly but it just bothers me. With flatpak I don’t feel the same, with it it keeps them neatly separated so it feels better.