Will Flatpak and Snap replace desktop Linux native apps? [Mon Jun 12 2023]

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Is it a drone? Is it a balloon? Whatever it is the US warns locals not to let them fly in Iran

Some of this kit is ending up in Russia

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Germans beat Tesla to autonomous L3 driving in the Golden State

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How do you boost server efficiency? Buy new kit, keep it busy

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Nexperia left off subsidies list as Germany chips away at Chinese connection

The country has swallowed almost half of the EU's semiconductor funding

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Change approval board signed off as soon as it heard it was BT's fault

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Chinese chipmaker insists it has Intel on-side, not inside

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FBI: FISA Section 702 'absolutely critical' to spy on, err, protect Americans

No protection without surveillance?

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Ransomware scum hit Japanese pharma giant Eisai Group

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CockroachDB hits Azure at last after five-year mission

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AI weapons need a safe back door for human control

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Will Flatpak and Snap replace desktop Linux native apps?

Actually, the better question is: When will they replace most desktop Linux programs?

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Why can't Nvidia boss Jensen Huang escape the Uncanny Valley that makes AI feel icky?

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Reddit cuts five percent of workers while API pricing shift sours developers

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