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GNOME Software May Eventually Drop RPM Support In Favor Of Flatpaks


Stemming from the ongoing discussion around the issues raised with Fedora's Flatpak package of OBS Studio and how Flatpaks should be prioritized within the GNOME Software app center/store, the future of RPM support within GNOME Software raised.

A user suggested that RPM package support be decoupled/removed from GNOME Software completely in favor of promoting Flatpaks: Quite interesting to see a long-term goal of GNOME Software to get rid of its RPM packaging integration to focus on Flatpaks. We'll see how long it takes to get to that stage though of dropping RPM support from GNOME Software.About The AuthorMichael Larabel is the principal author of Phoronix.com and founded the site in 2004 with a focus on enriching the Linux hardware experience.

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