One of the criticisms people have with containerizing their desktop apps is the "insane amount of space for their environment" that people think it requires. That's a direct quote from a reddit post on the topic from today.
Let's have a look
Today I'll compare two desktops, one will be
Flatpaks aren’t huge at all. This is a debunked myth. I can’t recommend reading this article enough.
I don’t think many sysadmins will be dealing with Flatpak. For server solutions, there’s Docker. For workspace management, neither Flatpak nor package managers provide much in terms of management features.
Silverblue has some nice tricks for workstations (i.e. background updates, non-volatile system partitions, easy upgrades+rollbacks) but I’m not sure how much management a normal Linux install requires in the first place. Very few Linux distros are written so they can be managed effectively by sysadmins.
I don’t think many sysadmins will be dealing with Flatpak. For server solutions, there’s Docker. For workspace management, neither Flatpak nor package managers provide much in terms of management features.
Silverblue has some nice tricks for workstations (i.e. background updates, non-volatile system partitions, easy upgrades+rollbacks) but I’m not sure how much management a normal Linux install requires in the first place. Very few Linux distros are written so they can be managed effectively by sysadmins.
If I was running business workstations on Linux, I’d probably prefer Flatpak over distro specific package managers most of the time.