^ I've been shipping tarballs or self extracting tarballs.
All have their benefits and drawbacks. But I think the direction RedHat is moving in (more immutability) there will be a place for system packages (RPM) and self-contained user-app packages (flatpaks).
ChipTuner
npub1qd…3fqm7
2026-02-27 20:33:29 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…unkz
Author Public Key
npub1qdjn8j4gwgmkj3k5un775nq6q3q7mguv5tvajstmkdsqdja2havq03fqm7Published at
2026-02-27 20:33:29 UTCEvent JSON
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