So, he says that the AGPL only really applies to Amazon and Google. Because they are cloud providers presumably, which means it also applies to Alibaba and Oracle. And Microsoft.
Guess who contributes code? That’s right, same list.
What is the incentive for these companies to switch back to Redis when Valkey is available as BSD? They can all collaborate on Valkey and ignore Redis all together.
Are the users going to flock to AGPL instead of the BSD version? I doubt it.
Tar is not a package manager, it is just a packaging format. AppImage has the same problem.
Flatpak is a bit of a crappy package manager but at least it is one. And, due to its use of container technology, it allows the same packages to run on any Linux kernel (any Linux distro). That is pretty useful.
Of the other package managers, apk 3 is my favourite but the only distro that uses it is Chimera Linux. Pacman is good. dnf / RPM is ok. apt / deb is in last place for me. The recent Ubuntu 25.04 launch snafu illustrates some of the problems with apt. The first Linus Tech Tips Linux challenge really highlighted the dangers of apt.
I only used snap briefly but instantly hated it. Fstab was a mess. It was slow. It was proprietary. I fled before I could form an educated opinion.
Flatpak does not install KDE by default. It is only required if you install a KDE app. You can hardly blame it if you do that.
What you are thinking of is not a package manager but a compiler.
Flatpak is a common way to install something newer than you can get in your repo. If you are using apt in Debian Stable, Flatpak is a miracle. This is even the reason Ubuntu installs Firefox as a snap (their version of Flatpak).
As an Arch user for many years, my question is when is Arch going to ditch pacman and upgrade to APK 3?
You can change the labels but the groups in them would remain the same. :)
AppImage is a package format, not a package manager. Same with tar.
So, I would say the primary complaint should be a lack of package management.
[edit: the article did not load for me and my comment was apparently based on the article I had read just before. Apologies. Deleting my comment.
The comment “Canada has no felons” likely refers to the fact that a “felony” is a US concept. In Canada, the equivalent to a felony is indictable offence and a Canadian “felon” is an indicted criminal.
I used COSMIC for a while and really liked the core DE. Being able to easily move between stacking and tiling is great and the workspaces work well. The new multi-monitor stuff sounds good.
I do not love the included apps. The terminal was ok but a bit of a memory pig. It is Alacrity based. All early days though and of course other apps work great with it, though with mixed UI.
Early versions leaked memory but apparently that was related to a bug in Glibc that they have now worked around.
If you are homeless, it costs almost nothing to park your Tesla in the handicapped space. Huge loophole.