Software app and flatpack not always very good

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Hi, this is the problem with flatpak (and snaps) is that they are 'sandboxed'. If I were still using Zorin, the first thing I would do is:

  1. Remove both flatpak and snap.

  2. Install Synaptic Package Manager:

sudo apt install synaptic
  1. Remove gnome-software (Software)
sudo apt-get remove gnome-software

Synaptic can be used to both update system software and applications. To check for updates in Synaptic it is a simple case of clicking on 'Reload', then 'Mark all upgrades' and if there are any it will open a window to show what updates are ready to be installed, then click on 'Apply'. Job done. Synaptic only uses APT.

If you want a separate application updater, 'Apper' is quite snappy (no pun intended).