On Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 1:11 AM <to...@tuxteam.de> wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 14, 2023 at 10:36:12PM -0500, pa...@quillandmouse.com wrote: > > [...] > > > I find the trend disturbing. If you have a lot of apps running, and > > they're all these types of packages, you're going to be using > > considerably more memory [...] > > I'm not a friend of flatpaks and similar concepts, either. For me, > it's not memory use, but the shifting of power from a distrubution > model to single applications. I find that makes software less "free". > > In a distro, applications have to get along with each other, agree > on a common set of libraries, file system layout, etc. I think this > is a Good Thing. Every app carrying its own little distro is like > neoliberal hell. No wonder it uses up more resources ;-D
And the distro no longer has administrative control over the package. The programs do not go through distro-based end-to-end testing or security testing and evaluation. Knowing a distro performs end-to-end testing, monitors security events and performs patching is the reason I use distros. The distro owned it and took care of it. Now each user owns it. The user is responsible for ensuring the code is fit for installation. Jeff
