discord is stupid
discord want's to update but the package is already updated, so it gives me a link to the newest package BUT IS FOR UBUNTU!?!?!
discord want's to update but the package is already updated, so it gives me a link to the newest package BUT IS FOR UBUNTU!?!?!
I think flatpak version doesn’t have this issue and updates normally via flatpak commands.
I moved to flatpack Discord because it comes with automatic updates and no update annoyances. It is indeed lower maintenance, but note that because of privacy constraints Flatpack does not permit Discord to view running applications.
flatpak is kinda a everything or nothing thing, if you want to use it you should probably really commit to it for the best experience, otherwise some of it's upsides turn into downsides.
I'm not a huge fan of it, but i like it as an ecosystem
Agree. The downloads are really chonk but you make it back if you have multiple apps that share the same runtimes.
It’s possible to use flatpack for just one or two apps, but you pay a disk space and download size tax.
I am sure you can use Flatseal or something like that to open it up. I've had to do similar for games.
Yeah, that shit is super annoying, it's been happening for years. I'm surprised they haven't turned it into a self contained updater or something by now. It's part of the reason I don't use it anymore.
Don't use discord then. When you use Discord you are making a small sacrifice on your computing freedom.
It sucks but you can't change and distribute the source code.
You can get Vesktop from Flathub if you want. It's a third party client with extensions, themes, updates you can do whenever you want and better Linux support for screensharing.
I in fedora, I click the drop down and I pick tar. Once I download the tar, I copy the files and done.
Download the gerneric linux version. Then un-compress it and copy the contents into your system discord directory. Maybe make a back-up copy first, just in case.