What are Universal Apps? Why do they stir up so much controversy?! In this video, Jay explains what universal apps and makes the case that for user-space apps, it’s the way to go going forward.
Linux software packaging has seen some interesting changes lately, especially with the rise of the “universal package”. Flatpak, one of the leading forms of the prominent universal package types has seen some confusion (and sometimes controversy) but in this video, Jay will explain the concept and show you how to manage Flatpaks with the flatpak command.
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A great deal of controversy was created when the recent news came out regarding Canonical forcing flavor leads to abandon Flatpak, with many feeling that the decision was in poor taste. That doesn’t matter anymore though, because now a “Flatpak Remix” was created, that gives Flatpak fans their own “spin” on Ubuntu. In this video, Jay discusses the distribution and why he decided to create it.
Check out the new distro right here. Note: The Github repo hasn’t been set up yet, but will be available in the near future.
In the 33rd episode of The Homelab Show, Tom and Jay discuss the various types of software packages available, and some of the associated technologies.
Flatpaks are a universal package type that gives you cross-distribution access to popular Linux apps. In this video, I’ll show you how to configure Ubuntu for Flatpak support, and we’ll install a few apps. In addition, I’ll show you command-line methods as well.
Universal Linux Apps/Packages (Flatpaks, Snaps, AppImages) seem to get a lot of hate in the Linux community, but why?! In this video, I talk about why this type of technology is not only necessary, but a good thing.
