One of the criticisms people have with containerizing their desktop apps is the "insane amount of space for their environment" that people think it requires. That's a direct quote from a reddit post on the topic from today.
Let's have a look
Today I'll compare two desktops, one will be
Flatpaks aren’t huge at all. This is a debunked myth. I can’t recommend reading this article enough.
May I ask what’s filling uo that space since you respond to my comment about having moved all media to a server which I can access instantly from anywhere.
On my phone’s internal storage: 50GB of apps, 20GB devoted to the system (Android has gotten so bloated), and a few gigs of videos and photos also on my Micro SD card. I’m not deleting those files until my storage runs low because it serves as a backup.
On my phone’s microSD card: 50GB of video, 8GB of pictures, 6GB of music, and 4GB of podcasts.
On my laptop: 500GB of games, 100GB of backups, 50GB of video, 75GB of system stuff, 150GB of various apps.
May I ask what’s filling uo that space since you respond to my comment about having moved all media to a server which I can access instantly from anywhere.
On my phone’s internal storage: 50GB of apps, 20GB devoted to the system (Android has gotten so bloated), and a few gigs of videos and photos also on my Micro SD card. I’m not deleting those files until my storage runs low because it serves as a backup.
On my phone’s microSD card: 50GB of video, 8GB of pictures, 6GB of music, and 4GB of podcasts.
On my laptop: 500GB of games, 100GB of backups, 50GB of video, 75GB of system stuff, 150GB of various apps.