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@David So "App Center" is the official Ubuntu App Store that has Snaps but no Flatpaks, and "Software" is the official Gnome App Store that every other Gnome distribution uses that has Flatpaks but no Snaps.
This is legitimately confusing, and I squarely blame Canonical/Ubuntu for refusing to […]
This is legitimately confusing, and I squarely blame Canonical/Ubuntu for refusing to […]
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November 25, 2025 at 12:36 PM
@David So "App Center" is the official Ubuntu App Store that has Snaps but no Flatpaks, and "Software" is the official Gnome App Store that every other Gnome distribution uses that has Flatpaks but no Snaps.
This is legitimately confusing, and I squarely blame Canonical/Ubuntu for refusing to […]
This is legitimately confusing, and I squarely blame Canonical/Ubuntu for refusing to […]
@David Seems I had it slightly wrong, but the Flatpak website explains it nicely:
"Note: Ubuntu distributes GNOME Software as a Snap in versions 20.04 to 23.04, and replaced it with App Center in 23.10 and newer—neither of which support installing Flatpak apps. Installing the Flatpak plugin […]
"Note: Ubuntu distributes GNOME Software as a Snap in versions 20.04 to 23.04, and replaced it with App Center in 23.10 and newer—neither of which support installing Flatpak apps. Installing the Flatpak plugin […]
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November 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
@David Seems I had it slightly wrong, but the Flatpak website explains it nicely:
"Note: Ubuntu distributes GNOME Software as a Snap in versions 20.04 to 23.04, and replaced it with App Center in 23.10 and newer—neither of which support installing Flatpak apps. Installing the Flatpak plugin […]
"Note: Ubuntu distributes GNOME Software as a Snap in versions 20.04 to 23.04, and replaced it with App Center in 23.10 and newer—neither of which support installing Flatpak apps. Installing the Flatpak plugin […]
@David Several forum entries on this topic suggest that you might be able access your external drives by navigating to "/media/(your-username)/(drive-label)" in XnView, could you try that?
November 25, 2025 at 9:56 AM
@David Several forum entries on this topic suggest that you might be able access your external drives by navigating to "/media/(your-username)/(drive-label)" in XnView, could you try that?
@David Generally speaking, you should avoid downloading installers from Websites unless there is no other way to get an app installed. The preferred way is to use Ubuntu's "Software" app, which out-of-the-box supports only .deb archives and Snap, I believe (and can be made to suport Flatpak). If […]
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November 25, 2025 at 9:52 AM
@David Generally speaking, you should avoid downloading installers from Websites unless there is no other way to get an app installed. The preferred way is to use Ubuntu's "Software" app, which out-of-the-box supports only .deb archives and Snap, I believe (and can be made to suport Flatpak). If […]
@David Long story short: XnView and XnConvert are, of courtse, packaged and available on FlatHub:
https://flathub.org/en/apps/com.xnview.XnViewMP
https://flathub.org/en/apps/com.xnview.XnConvert
As far as I can see, they are not available on Ubuntu's Snapcraft app store. So my recommendation […]
https://flathub.org/en/apps/com.xnview.XnViewMP
https://flathub.org/en/apps/com.xnview.XnConvert
As far as I can see, they are not available on Ubuntu's Snapcraft app store. So my recommendation […]
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November 25, 2025 at 9:25 AM
@David Long story short: XnView and XnConvert are, of courtse, packaged and available on FlatHub:
https://flathub.org/en/apps/com.xnview.XnViewMP
https://flathub.org/en/apps/com.xnview.XnConvert
As far as I can see, they are not available on Ubuntu's Snapcraft app store. So my recommendation […]
https://flathub.org/en/apps/com.xnview.XnViewMP
https://flathub.org/en/apps/com.xnview.XnConvert
As far as I can see, they are not available on Ubuntu's Snapcraft app store. So my recommendation […]
@David And you'll probably want to use a third. Congratulations, you've reached the "infighting" part of your linux journey. That was fast!
You see, for many years, Linux distributions have been standardizing on an open software distribution format called Flatpak. There's a place called […]
You see, for many years, Linux distributions have been standardizing on an open software distribution format called Flatpak. There's a place called […]
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November 25, 2025 at 9:21 AM
@David And you'll probably want to use a third. Congratulations, you've reached the "infighting" part of your linux journey. That was fast!
You see, for many years, Linux distributions have been standardizing on an open software distribution format called Flatpak. There's a place called […]
You see, for many years, Linux distributions have been standardizing on an open software distribution format called Flatpak. There's a place called […]