Installing Neovim with Flatpak vs Apt

Installing NEOVIM with FLATPAK $ flatpak install io.neovim.nvim.flatpak Required runtime for io.neovim.nvim/x86_64/stable (runtime/org.freedesktop.Sdk/x86_64/22.08) found in remote flathub Do you want to install it? [Y/n]: y io.neovim.nvim permissions: ipc network fallback-x11 wayland x11 file access [1] [1] /tmp, /var/tmp, host ID Branch Op Remote Download 1. io.neovim.nvim.Locale stable i flathub < 1.4 MB (partial) 2. org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default 22.08 i flathub < 137.7 MB 3. org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default 22.08-extra i flathub < 137.7 MB 4. org.freedesktop.Platform.openh264 2.2.0 i flathub < 944.3 kB 5. org.freedesktop.Sdk.Locale 22.08 i flathub < 339.0 MB (partial) 6. org.freedesktop.Sdk 22.08 i flathub < 513.0 MB 7. io.neovim.nvim stable i flathub < 9.2 MB Proceed with these changes to the system installation? [Y/n]: 1140MB download... (jesus christ) Installing NEOVIM with APT $ sudo apt install neovim Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done The following additional packages will be installed: libglut-5.12 libluajit-5.1-common libmsgpackc2 libtermkey1 libunibilium4 libvterm0 lua-luv neovim-runtime Suggested packages: ctags vim-scripts Recommended packages: python3-neovim The following NEW packages will be installed: libglut-5.1-2 libluajit-5.1-common libmsgpackc2 libtermkey1 libunibilium4 libvterm0 lua-luv neovim neovim-runtime 0 upgraded, 9 newly installed, 0 to remove and 26 not upgraded. Need to get 5,459 kB of archives. After this operation, 23.9 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] it is just 24MB

The meme compares installing Neovim through Flatpak and APT. The Flatpak installation shows a massive 1140MB download and the reaction “(jesus christ),” while APT installs it using only 24MB. The joke mocks Flatpak’s oversized runtime and dependency overhead compared with the lightweight native package. EN: The meme compares installing Neovim through Flatpak and APT. The Flatpak installation shows a massive 1140MB download and the reaction “(jesus christ),” while APT installs it using only 24MB. The joke mocks Flatpak’s oversized runtime and dependency overhead compared with the lightweight native package.

• @gentoomemes / 8631 2024-01-11