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Easily back up and restore your Flatpak apps when switching distros or reinstalling your system.

https://itsfoss.com/back-up-restore-flatpak-apps/

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Backup and Restore Your Flatpak Apps & Settings

Make a backup of your Flatpak apps and application data and restore them to a new Linux system where Flatpak is supported.

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Show threadJWcph, Radicalized By Decency

@itsfoss Uh, you guys do realize that things like Flatpak are, either deliberately or by sheer luck, made for normie users & other people who don't want to & also shouldn't have to use Terminal, ever, right...?

I'll be blunt: Until it's more normal/accepted to provide a solution with a UI than just a few lines of terminal commands, #Linux is not mature enough to be considered a viable replacement for Big Tech.

Nov 25 at 9:32amWeb
Show threadKrahaborsNov 25
@jwcph If a flatpak for 50MB app is 1GB, it s not a solution for anything.
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Show threadjtbNov 25
@jwcph you don't need a terminal to install software, I only do it that way because I like it.
Show threadBeckyNov 25

@jwcph @itsfoss Flatpak isn't really primarily about providing a GUI at all. Its main purpose is to provide software that can run independently of what libraries are installed on your distro and to decouple them from the main package manager.

I'll also be blunt. The more you resist stepping out of your comfort zone the more you will stay stuck in it forever, all the bullshit included. Refusing to learn how to deal with the terminal and then complaining that Linux isn't "mature" is just kinda silly. If you want a windows alternative, make an effort to learn how to use the alternative. Complaining that not everything works exactly the same way it does on corpo software is exactly how you get stuck with corpo software.

If you wanna seriously use Linux, you will sooner or later run into the terminal in some way, deal with it. Nobody is gonna bother making a GUI for every tiny niche thing, just because you can't be bothered to spend ten seconds typing some letters that do exactly what you want already.

Show threadJWcph, Radicalized By DecencyNov 25
@mezz @itsfoss Thank you for reinforcing my point.
Show threadBeckyNov 25
@jwcph @itsfoss I do not consider complaining about an article, that provides genuinely helpful information much of a point, especially when you probably made no effort to actually try and understand it and instead went into a "eww terminal" kneejerk reaction.
Show threadJWcph, Radicalized By DecencyNov 25
@mezz @itsfoss Thank you for reinforcing my point.
Show threadStralien Nov 25
@mezz
He is doing much more than just complaining. You'd know if you tried to understand what he wrote.
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Show threadZeStig    Nov 25
@jwcph backing it up needs the terminal for now. Installing, removing, upgrading etc do not.
Show threadFossmanNov 25

@jwcph @itsfoss You can use Warehouse by @Heliguy (thanks) to create snapshots and restore them on the other device - no terminal required! I used this to restore my #flatpaks with their data on a #Librem5 Linux phone after reflashing #postmarketOS.

https://flathub.org/en/apps/io.github.flattool.Warehouse

Install Warehouse on Linux | Flathub

Manage all things Flatpak

Show threadRoland L. Taylor (RolandiXor)Nov 25
@opensourceopenmind @jwcph @itsfoss @Heliguy yep, Warehouse is pretty useful for this as well
Show threadantoniovrNov 25

@jwcph in both cases using flatpak and/or using repository packages, you can do it with graphical interface or under terminal.

The differences between them is related to the way of including linked libraries. Usually distribution repositories try to keep common libraries for different apps which can be optimal regarding space and stability but it is sometimes too rugid if you need a newer version of some app. There flatpak is more convinient.