I’ve been involved with Linux for a long time, and Flatpak almost seems too good to be true:
Just install any app on any distro, isolated from the base system and with granular rights management. I’ve just set up my first flatpak-centric system and didn’t notice any issues with it at all, apart from a 1-second waiting time before an app is launched.

What’s your long-term experience?

Notice any annoying bugs or instabilities? Do apps crash a lot? Disappear from Flathub or are unmaintained? Do you often have issues with apps that don’t integrate well with your native system? Are important apps missing?

  • Dr_Willis@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    And does uninstalling a flatpak app also uninstall flatpak dependencies that came with it?

    from what I have seen, NO it does not. there is a flatpak command option to clean out unused runtimes.

    delete app data after uninstalling?

    you either manually delete the data, or there’s some flatpak command option, or you can use a tool such as warehouse which is available as a flatpak.