[tombert]

I always get a little annoyed at "X is not the future" post because we don't live in the future, we live now.

Much as we like to personalize them, computers are tools that we use to get things done, and Flatpak is among the better things we have right now for dealing with the awfulness of Linux packages. If a better thing comes in the future I'll use that.

[regularjack]

> Flatpak calls itself “the future of application distribution”.

The post is making the author's case against this claim, so I think the title makes sense.

[phalf]

But this is Hacker News where people who build things hang out. If you are fine with the state of the world and are not involved in advancing it, good for you, you can close this discussion. But many people around here are building the next things. And in that context it makes sense to think about what's the future and what's not.

[delfinom]

You sound like every other person responsible for the rampant NIHism in Linux and the reason why the "year of the Linux desktop" is in the year 6002 at this rate.

[biasedestimate]

If "the year of the linux desktop" requires turning linux into a windows/macos clone, I am happy to postpone it.

[mid-kid]

I swear the only people going on about the "year of the linux desktop" are its detractors.

[phalf]

Sorry, I don't see how my post relates to NIHism. Could you elaborate?