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RetroDECK Blog - Retro Gaming Flatpak - May 2025: Mad Community Scientists (retrodeck.readthedocs.io)
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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'd rather run batocera in a vm than use a flatpak.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm relatively new to Linux and flatpaks seem convinient to me, what's the downside?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago

They have use cases, this just isn't one of them. Every app doesn't need to be a bloated mess, system libraries exist for a reason.