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What has been your experience with Flatpak?
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Used it once.. it's as annoying as shit since you can't just run apps you have to type 'flatpack run org.mozilla.firefox' instead of just typing 'firefox' (and I had to google that because I just can't remember the sequence). Also for some reason it's slow.. as you mentioned a 1 second delay before anything works. I can't see myself using it again.
As a local fix, you could set up an alias. Open .bashrc and add the following line:
alias firefox="flatpak run org.mozilla.firefox"So now you have to do that every time you install a flatpak.
Or just stick to a normal package manager, that does all that for you.
You could do the free software thing and write a shell script that creates an alias every time you install something.
Or use one that someone else has already written:
https://opensource.com/article/21/5/launch-flatpaks-linux-terminal
Frankly? I'd rather stick to a normal package manager too, if available. But the alias trick is useful in a pinch, if you must use a flatpak.