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Nicholas Fraser
Personal blog · ludocode.com/blog · on HN as ludocodeprogrammingsystems
Nicholas Fraser's personal blog at ludocode.com covers programming and systems. Since 2021, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 11 times, most often “Flatpak Is Not the Future”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (5) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link the post "Flatpak is not the future", which argues against Flatpak. Commenters use it in Flatpak and Snap threads, either as support for their own view or to provoke debate.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 5 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Flatpak Is Not the Future8 people · 9 mentions · first linked 2021-11-18
What Hacker News says?
I avoid flatpaks and snaps as much as I can. Here is a little blog post from 2021 that lists some of the huge issues flatpaks have https://ludocode.com/blog/flatpak-is-not-the-future If you want to sandbox your programs highly recommend looking at firejail.
Comment linking /blog/flatpak-is-not-the-future
on “Sovereign Tech Agency invests €500k in Flatpak”Submitted Flatpak Is Not the Future as a story · 384 points
HN discussionI really don't understand all these "flatpak is better" comments. It's not. https://ludocode.com/blog/flatpak-is-not-the-future Maybe it is better than snap, but it's not good and its not better than a traditional package, on either philosophical or technical grounds.
Comment linking /blog/flatpak-is-not-the-future
on “Disabling automatic refresh for Snap from store”Submitted Show HN: Onramp Can Compile Doom as a story · 79 points
HN discussionI'll just leave this here, please argue with it: https://ludocode.com/blog/flatpak-is-not-the-future
Comment linking /blog/flatpak-is-not-the-future
on “Why Linux is not ready for the desktop, the final edition”Submitted Flatpak is not the future (2021) as a story · 29 points
HN discussionAn opinion (not my blog) about Flatpak (just to trigger discussions): https://ludocode.com/blog/flatpak-is-not-the-future
Comment linking /blog/flatpak-is-not-the-future
on “Flathub: One million active users and growing”Submitted Flatpak Is Not the Future as a story · 3 points
HN discussionhttps://ludocode.com/blog/flatpak-is-not-the-future
Comment linking /blog/flatpak-is-not-the-future
on “Immutable Linux Distributions for Those Looking to Embrace the Future”Submitted Flatpak Is Not the Future as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Diceware Is (Slightly) Overrated as a story · 1 points
HN discussion