Flatpak support
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For Flatpak a confirmed request (labelled most-requested!) for is now n bug tracker and was posted by a Vivaldi Linux dev. And the forum thread is linked.
Let us wait some weeks and see what we will get, i hope, soon.
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@DoctorG, we discussed it yesterday and agreed that we'll try to do it, but we don't know when yet.
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@DoctorG said in Flatpak support:
For Flatpak a confirmed request (labelled most-requested!) for is now n bug tracker and was posted by a Vivaldi Linux dev. And the forum thread is linked.
Oh! Good news! Gonna be the 1st one to test the 1st Vivaldi Flatpak version!
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@jane-n said in Flatpak support:
@DoctorG, we discussed it yesterday and agreed that we'll try to do it, but we don't know when yet.
there is a flatpak-beta repo, that could be used for testing
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@jane-n This is great news! Thanks for hearing us out!
Can't wait to install it
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@jane-n Let me know when it's out so i can start using it.
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@XLN said in Flatpak support:
@luetage The matter is that I don't know anything about flatpaks and I don't know anything about Vivaldi's first boot routines. All I did was copy someone else's work and replace "edge" with "vivaldi" basically. That was already enough to have a completely working browser.
But Vivaldi is different from the other browsers for some reason because it does some stuff after being opened for the first time, so copying isn't enough.
Fixing it would require:- Knowledge of Vivaldi (Which the Vivaldi team has)
- Knowledge of Flatpak (Which the Vivaldi team has access to)
They also have the resources to just pay a contractor to do the first set-up.
Every other browser has a flatpak package, and most modern applications (even from indie devs) are published as flatpaks. I'm sure the Vivaldi team wouldn't have the slightest issue with it.
Their scripts and deps and rpms are already probably much harder to maintain
The first is an ASSumption. The second just because every other browser has a flatpak don't mean Vivaldi has to. And the last while it would be nice to see Vivaldi use flatpak it's a nonissue for most of us.
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@LocutusOfBorg but not from a marketing pov. Clearly is not prioritary because only affect a subset of linux users
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@LocutusOfBorg pretty big issue for me due to me using the steam deck and the OS is Immutable.
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@viesta2015 said in Flatpak support:
@LocutusOfBorg pretty big issue for me due to me using the steam deck and the OS is Immutable.
As I CLEARLY said for most of us, you are not most of us.
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Flatpak is being very practical to use, at least from reading some articles etc, flatpak and seems snap packages seem to be solutions for devs also, where they reduce the number of package systems, eliminate dependencies (hell) etc to deal with.
I personally use Fedora, but the number of immutable filesystem distributions are increasing and they utilise those packaging systems.
Also not having to add another repository for RPM or DEB and have "just one" like on Flatpak where things update flawlessly and updating your distro won't break other software is a very good thing. -
I've recently took a quick look at Fedora Silverblue, sadly it's not easy to get Vivaldi installed on in because there are is no official Flathub/flatpak version of Vivaldi. This has stopped others switching from Fedora to Fedora Silverblue.
This would be nice to see so I can continue looking into Fedora Silverblue.
Update: With the Vivaldi browser now available on Flathub, this should be easy to install now with a couple of clicks to the Software Store.
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Flatpak is planned.
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@DoctorG said in Is there any plans to create a flatpak, snap or even appimage?:
Flatpak is planned.
So happy to hear that flatpak is planned. This will definitely open the door to more users.
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Every self-respecting browser should have flatpak. The community is waiting
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@MrKorbs Well currently I'm using Silverblue with Vivaldi, the problem is that it's not recommended use rpm files to install as a layer.
I'm doing that but if we had a flatpak version I preferred to use it as a flatpak. -
+1 for a Flatpack or easy way to auto update my fave browser
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