Kapitano, a fast-rising Linux antivirus tool has been discontinued after its creator shut it down, citing “harsh words” from a user.
Not a Linux dev, a Kapitano dev.
I totally get how uncalled-for, unjustified negative comments and interactions can be demoralizing.
It’s unfortunate how much impact bad actors have. It needs just one malicious actor to ruin something.
Can Flatpak itself be sunset with some bullying?
…why?
Just the common “hate” talking points.
Because it’s more inconvenience than help for users who are average or above, and have no interest in using that technology.
If app developers start distributing binaries as flatpaks exclusively (examples of this already exist), then just extracting those binary packages alone is a chore (involving obscure(ish) steps starting with creating an empty ostree). It’s the kind of knowledge that is so useless you immediately erase it from your memory, which is what I did.
Also, one look at the dependency tree of flatpak, or even just ostree, and you quickly realize how much of a joke the “security” claims are with all that attack surface (think the xz in systemd drama and multiply it by a 100).
Because it’s more inconvenience than help for users who are average or above
Shouldn’t be a problem for you then right? 😄
