Appimages, snaps and flatpaks, which one do you prefer and why?
None of the above. Native debs/rpms/whatever for desktops, docker images for servers.
but what about the apps that are not in the official repository?
for example tuba the mastodon client
Tuba is in the AUR
The aur has now broke your system congrats
debs
Nix.
None
Neither. I exclusively use Nix packages. If I had to pick, AppImage because I can easily extract it to package for Nix :P
I am indifferent and condemn this cultist toxic attitude in Linux community. None of them are malware or have bad performance. They are simply different methods of software binary packaging. Use whatever the fuck you want and stop propping up this infighting circus in Linux community.
I use native DEBs, Flatpaks and Appimages upon transitioning to Debian 12, but also used to use Snaps when I was on Ubuntu until last month, for 6 years.
My current Linux setup
