Post #2477521
2026-03-14 13:17 UTC
My personal rule of thumb is that if it interacts with the OS or filesystem deeply, native is probably better. E.g. IDEs, cli programs, browsers, Steam etc.
Apps that do a simple things are likely to work perfectly fine on flatpak.
But the problem is that there are outliers in each case. You should pick one and be ready to switch if things don't work properly.
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@Bullerfar@lemmy.world 2026-03-14 14:52
This ^^ my rule of thumb is always using the zypper packages (I'm using openSUSE TumbleweedOS) I had troubles with some flatpacks before, but only one! It was enough for me to not return though xD still use flatpacks but only for less important apps. Not for steam, wine, etc.
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@Archr@lemmy.world 2026-03-14 15:12
This is effectively how I judge it as well. Only thing I would add is that more things can be Flatpaks (ie. Steam). As long as you know about and use Flatseal to change the permissions. For instance, giving Steam access to my games directory.