Flatpak flathub: how to only show free and open source apps
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once you add the flathub repo, also run this command.
flatpak remote-modify --subset=floss flathub
that will make it so only free libre software can be installed.
true, good points made.
i think the way it detects it is that flathub has search filters built into it, and every package says what licence it uses, so it probably just filters it down to the GPL ones and maybe MIT, still im not sure.
my main idea was that it would be a lot better to have this on than not at all, that is if you decide to use flatpak at all, which i find is useful for some apps where its better to have a later version of it like Anki for example.
and that is true, for example there is free and open source launchers for minecraft published under GPL, while the game itself is proprietary.
the idea of a GNU flatpak repo is intriguing a bit though,
but regardless i always like to check out the program's github before installing, see what options i have or if it can be compiled, if its worth using, etc.
P.S: i have never even really had the chance to try snaps since they are proprietary lol
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