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• Vala Programming Language

  There are a lot of third-party Linux apps built with GTK4/Libadwaita. If you just to to https://flathub.org and click on random apps a lot of them will use GTK. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• Saving Linux Desktop. Unifying repositories is the only way

  I would recommend taking a look at Flatpak. Source: over 1 year ago

• useful linux/android software sources

  Flathub flatpak format apps/games for linux desktop, does not require any specific linux distribution just that flatpak is present on the system. Source: over 1 year ago

• Gnome developer proposes removing the X11 session

  Which X clients are these? You didn't name any so let's just look at some of the popular and recent flathub apps: https://flathub.org/ I see a lot of games, chat apps, text editors, photo apps, office apps. These all will work fine in XWayland and XQuartz. But also, it's relatively easy to get them running on Wayland natively. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Are there any major sacrifices you make to play on Linux over Windows?

  If you're worried about the potential of breaking things, I'd pick the Fedora Kinoite distro. Up to date gaming support, stable and extremely difficult to break. Install apps from Flathub using the built-in Discover software store and go nuts. Source: over 1 year ago

• discovery app not working after reimaging solution, no more GUI firefox click install

  You can go on flathub.org to found many other apps you wish to install. Source: over 1 year ago

• Linux Guide for Power Users

  8. Go to https://flathub.org/ and install other useful software. 9. Install an office suite (for example, https://www.freeoffice.com/en/) For games, Lutris and Steam are your friends. - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago

• Flutter 3 on Devuan 4: Getting started

  Besides, there may be other ways to install them, although there doesn't seem no such Flatpak packages in Flathub. For example, some senerio to use some release channel or Docker / Podman. Additionally, when you use a different Linux distro where systemd is adopted and therefore can do Snaps (Snapd), you have another possibility. - Source: dev.to / almost 2 years ago

• Help me choose a distro (Complete beginner to linux)

  In the end, my personal recommendation is Fedora Linux. It is easy to use, comes with different editions with different user interfaces to suit your tastes, and not only it has tons of apps in it's native rtepositories, but also comes with the Flathub repository that has even more apps, both are accesible via the Software app. Just make sure to enable the "Extra repositories" when installing. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Apt,apt-get, dpkg all missing from Nitrux

  You're missing the point a bit. Flatpaks/appimages aren't 1:1 replacement for system/core packages (like the kernel, coreutils, xorg, KDE, gcc and so on). They provide (mostly) only GUI applications like Firefox, LibreOffice etc. (see for yourself at https://flathub.org/). Source: almost 2 years ago

• Issue with package conflict when running dup on OpenSUSE Tumbleweed

  Packman seems to be the source of conflict in many cases. Firefox, Steam & VLC are all available as flathub.org flatpaks with all codecs included. Uninstall Firefox and then zypper al firefox & it won't be re-installed. Install the flatpaks - good to go. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Work to make a custom linux desktop experience that benefits from group knowledge and experience (Part 2)

  - start using flatpaks from flathub, appimages and/or snaps, for GUI apps. You can start doing this from your own distro, you don't have to move yet. Source: almost 2 years ago

• ElementaryOS 7 is a buggy mess of a distro. Very disappointed.

  But there should be an easier way to do it, via the GUI rather than having to go out of one's way, go to flathub.org, download and install an app this way. Source: almost 2 years ago

• He probably didn't even bother to try Proton

  Spotify only supports Ubuntu via snap packages but you can try to find an unofficial package of Spotify on Flathub. https://flathub.org/. Source: almost 2 years ago

• What do I have to expect when changing to Fedora (from ubuntu based OS)

  Software availability-wise, it will depend on specifics. I think for major development tools, you will be able to find them in central repos, or failing that as either Fedora Copr repos, flatpaks, appimages, distrobox, or (if you are so inclined) as snaps (not recommending snaps just trying to be thorough). Source: almost 2 years ago

• Flathub.org now works in IPv6

  UnderEU's snippet clearly shows that both the website (flathub.org) and the registry (dl.flathub.org) are hosted by fastly. Source: about 2 years ago

• For a newbie: Mint Cinnamon, Kubuntu, or something else?

  Seriously, though, my recommendation would go to Linux Mint Cinnamon. If you prefer KDE and want a distro that ships it by default, you can go for the Fedora KDE Spin. Fedora package selection is a non-issue once you install RPMFusion and enable the full Flathub repository. In case you need to install software manually, you can use alien to convert between .deb and .rpm (but honestly it's unlikely you'll need to... Source: about 2 years ago

• Things to setup on a new Steam Deck?

  All of these can be installed via the included Discover app, which downloads apps from flathub. This store has most linux native apps you'd want to install like chrome, spotify, discord etc. Source: about 2 years ago

• How IN THE WORLD do i tell which app store entries are deb vs flatpack?

  Https://flathub.org . If you're not the type of person who likes googling... you're not going to enjoy linux. Source: about 2 years ago

• Coping with Software Availability: How Fedora Daily-Drive users deal with the problem of DEB-Dominated Linux programs

  Flatpaks solve the problem most of the time. If there are specific applications you are concerned with, look at flathub.org and see if it exists. Another place to check is software.opensuse.org. Many people use their OBS to build packages for other distros, particularly fedora. Do your homework before using these rpms to make sure you can trust the person (these are like PPAs in Ubuntu). Source: about 2 years ago

• Install a DEB or AUR package in Fedora?

  Not really installing per se but sometimes, depending on the package in question,[[ you can get lucky and either find a working build on copr, pip (for python apps), cargo (for rust apps), docker container, appimage, or a flatpak version on flathub (but I would recommend reviewing the default flatpak permissions with flatseal). I suppose there's also snap if you're not opposed to it but that is not a... Source: about 2 years ago