I found this tutorial helpful in dealing with flatpack software on Linux mint installs. One suggestion though If like me you installed with separate (/) root and /home partitions, and choose to use flatpacks you should expand your root Partition to say 65 to 70 Gigs as the flatpacks take up a lot of disk space and are stored in the / partition.
Good tutorial on how to enable and maintain Flat Packs on Mint
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Condobloke
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Excellent link, kc1di, well worth using and remembering.
Condobloke
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These links may help in understanding Flatpaks, where they are used, their safety, whether you can use them on Ubuntu (you can), the fact that snaps are closed source, and many other trivialities.
itsfoss.com
https://flathub.org/en-GB?ref=itsfoss.com ... (this is The Linux App Store)
https://itsfoss.com/flatpak-guide/ .... Using Flatpak on Ubuntu and Other Linux Distributions [Complete Guide]
Flatpak is a universal packaging format from Fedora. Enabling Flatpak will give you access to the easy installation of many Linux applications. Here's how to use Flatpak in Ubuntu and other Linux distributions.
As far as I can see, there are no downsides.
Install and Use Flatpak on Ubuntu
Ubuntu may come with Snap by default but you could still enjoy the Flatpak universal packages on it.
itsfoss.com
https://flathub.org/en-GB?ref=itsfoss.com ... (this is The Linux App Store)
https://itsfoss.com/flatpak-guide/ .... Using Flatpak on Ubuntu and Other Linux Distributions [Complete Guide]
Flatpak is a universal packaging format from Fedora. Enabling Flatpak will give you access to the easy installation of many Linux applications. Here's how to use Flatpak in Ubuntu and other Linux distributions.
As far as I can see, there are no downsides.
