But I cannot see anything when I run the update command from the terminal using sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade.
A while back I opened another thread asking for advice on how to disable these types of updates, but this time around I'd simply like to know more about them.
I would assume they are safe to install but I don't really understand where they are coming from. For example I'm not using anything related to KDE Application Platform I don't think? They are also quite large in size so that makes me a little more cautious.
That seems to be it, there are a bunch of apps installed as flatpaks. Surprisingly that includes the Zorin themes? Is it safe to uninstall flatpak in a system that uses these? (just asking, I have no intention of doing it since things work fine at the moment).
It's also interesting to see that a lot of these updates are a lot smaller than the size reported on the Software Store (snippet below, scroll all the way to the right). Although the update through the terminal took just a few seconds and the update notifications are now all gone
$ flatpak update
Looking for updates…
Info: org.freedesktop.Platform.html5-codecs//18.08 is end-of-life, with reason:
The Freedesktop SDK 18.08 runtime is no longer supported as of 31th August 2020. Please ask your application developer to migrate to a supported platform.
Info: org.freedesktop.Platform.VAAPI.Intel//18.08 is end-of-life, with reason:
The Freedesktop SDK 18.08 runtime is no longer supported as of 31th August 2020. Please ask your application developer to migrate to a supported platform.
ID Branch Op Remote Download
1. org.freedesktop.Platform.VAAPI.Intel 18.08 i flathub < 1.8 MB
2. org.freedesktop.Platform.VAAPI.Intel 20.08 i flathub < 11.6 MB
3. org.freedesktop.Platform.VAAPI.Intel 21.08 i flathub < 11.8 MB
4. org.freedesktop.Platform.html5-codecs 18.08 i flathub < 3.3 MB
5. org.kde.PlatformTheme.QGnomePlatform 5.15 i flathub < 9.7 MB
6. org.kde.PlatformTheme.QGnomePlatform 5.15-21.08 i flathub < 10.0 MB
7. org.kde.PlatformTheme.QtSNI 5.15 i flathub < 1.3 MB
8. org.kde.PlatformTheme.QtSNI 5.15-21.08 i flathub < 1.3 MB
9. org.kde.WaylandDecoration.QGnomePlatform-decoration 5.15 i flathub < 10.2 MB
10. org.kde.WaylandDecoration.QGnomePlatform-decoration 5.15-21.08 i flathub < 10.5 MB
That seems like an odd thing to do? Is it to preserve the chosen theme and color scheme when opening one of the other programs installed as a flatpak as well?
Is there any downside in leaving flatpak installed? I've read somewhere that snap packages can slow down your system as they are mounted as volumes, but I'm not sure if there are any issues with flatpaks in this regard?
