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Is there a downside to Flatpak?

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I’m wondering if a package manager like flatpak comes with any drawback or negatives. Since it just works on basically any distro. Why isn’t this just the default? It seems very convenient.

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  • If you have an unusual setup, it can be annoying trying to give programs permissions and sometimes it just outright doesn't work. For example, I mainly game on a laptop which has a pretty small hard drive, so I tend to put most of my games on an external hard drive. Flatpak really doesn't play well with that.

    • Don't you just need to give them permission to access it? Works perfectly fine with my Steam and Lutris Flatpaks... Well I had to restart once I think

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