tbh never looked into snaps flatbacks or appimages. However my instinct as a staunch linux is that anything besides apt-get or apt or aptitude is utter trash. we already have apt, why do people feel the need to divert energies to these unneccessary packagemanagement-fads?
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I am indifferent and condemn this cultist toxic attitude in Linux community. None of them are malware or have bad performance. They are simply different methods of software binary packaging. Use whatever the fuck you want and stop propping up this infighting circus in Linux community.
I use native DEBs, Flatpaks and Appimages upon transitioning to Debian 12, but also used to use Snaps when I was on Ubuntu until last month, for 6 years.
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