Re: installing with Flatpak

[Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com>]

On Mon, 23 Mar, 2020 at 17:58:05 -0500, Anil Felipe Duggirala wrote:
> hello,
> I would like to ask if there are any drawbacks in installing software
> using Flatpak. As far as I understand, this installation method
> installs packages in an isolated way (whatever that means). 
> I would imagine this would require more disk space. But will
> performance of the software be affected when running it this way?
> thank you,
> 

I use several Flatpak applications and have noticed no difference in
performance. If you happen to have /var on a separate partition, make
sure it has several gigabytes of free space.