justsoup 

It's concerning to me that arguably *the* way to get Linux apps, Flathub, has all of its packaging data hosted on GitHub, with seemingly no plans to move away from it. With the direction GitHub is going, I am worried that Flathub will want to move and it'll be too late to do it cleanly.

Update: With the way the United States is going.

#Flatpak #Flathub #Linux

Aug 12, 2025 at 12:26pmWeb
Show threadmeek cynicsAug 13, 2025
@justsoup, the way to get programs is still through a downstream distribution's repository. Flathub (and to a large extent, Flatpak) exists to deliver proprietary spyware, so I don't think GitHub continuing to be proprietary spyware affects the ethos of Flathub.
Show threadNasaGuy  Aug 13, 2025
@cnx @justsoup What are you talking about?
Show threadJulianJan 3
@cnx @justsoup especially for GUI software this statement is not fully true anymore. There are even distributions who actively encourage the user to not use system packages but rather Flatpaks
Show threadBaudouin FeildelAug 13, 2025
@justsoup maybe they could move to Gitlab hosted by #FreeDesktop? @flathub
Show threadKateAug 13, 2025
@justsoup It is. Luckily there's nothing preventing people from starting a competing service.
Show threadZoidberg For PresidentAug 13, 2025
@justsoup I have much trouble understanding the different sources for nstalling apps and also managing them once they're installed...
Show threadrazzeAug 14, 2025
@justsoup there shouldn't be a reason why it would be too late. most of the infra is not really github specific or at least has a different path implemented already
Show threadMistyPigeonOct 10
@justsoup yep.Why don't they switch to forgejo?