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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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KDE's New Distro: Btrfs-Based, Immutable Linux OS, with Flatpak and Snap (linuxiac.com)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

But flatpak also brings a lot of bloat. That's the point of these 2 formats. You are trading bloat for portability.

The question here is not which one but why not both[*]? Also the target audience for this distro doesn't know how to add repos, that's the point of it.

[*] the answer is that Snap Store has had malware in it multiple times but that could imo be solved by a disclaimer