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.
I’m curious on what would happen if you installed lots more applications. If it started at a 3.8GB disadvantage but narrowed to 1.2GB after installing a bunch of apps. Most serious systems will have lots of apps installed and a decent amount of storage, at least 100GB.
As soon as you’ve got enough storage you don’t need to care anymore. Just like I moved all my photos and videos to immich and I don’t need to care about my phone storage anymore
I still care about storage used. I currently use 150GB on my phone, although there are some low hanging fruit to get that down to ~100GB used. Many phones still have 128GB of internal storage and no MicroSD slot.
And having storage efficient OS’s can allow for use on older hardware, less waste, and even unholy Multi-Boot setups.
Perhaps this is the reason why I have storage devices with lots of storage. I have 3TB on my laptop and 512GB (256 internal and 256 MicroSD). It’s liberating not to care much and frustrating to be constantly running on empty, especially with “grey goo” app caches or updates.
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.
I am both fortunate and wise. Fortunate enough to afford devices with lots of storage (many people in 3rd world countries can’t), and wise enough to choose devices with expandable storage. My phone has large internal storage and a microSD slot, and my laptop has 2x 2280 M.2 nvme slots and 2x SoDIMM slots, all replaceable.
But many other people are unwise or cheap, and have devices with mediocre storage. I want the storage to be used efficiently. That saying, the silverblue model does provide enhanced security and maintainability.
I’m curious on what would happen if you installed lots more applications. If it started at a 3.8GB disadvantage but narrowed to 1.2GB after installing a bunch of apps. Most serious systems will have lots of apps installed and a decent amount of storage, at least 100GB.
As soon as you’ve got enough storage you don’t need to care anymore. Just like I moved all my photos and videos to immich and I don’t need to care about my phone storage anymore
I still care about storage used. I currently use 150GB on my phone, although there are some low hanging fruit to get that down to ~100GB used. Many phones still have 128GB of internal storage and no MicroSD slot.
And having storage efficient OS’s can allow for use on older hardware, less waste, and even unholy Multi-Boot setups.
Perhaps this is the reason why I have storage devices with lots of storage. I have 3TB on my laptop and 512GB (256 internal and 256 MicroSD). It’s liberating not to care much and frustrating to be constantly running on empty, especially with “grey goo” app caches or updates.
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.
Doesn’t sound like you shiuld care about one or two gigs 😅
I am both fortunate and wise. Fortunate enough to afford devices with lots of storage (many people in 3rd world countries can’t), and wise enough to choose devices with expandable storage. My phone has large internal storage and a microSD slot, and my laptop has 2x 2280 M.2 nvme slots and 2x SoDIMM slots, all replaceable.
But many other people are unwise or cheap, and have devices with mediocre storage. I want the storage to be used efficiently. That saying, the silverblue model does provide enhanced security and maintainability.