Philip Kevisch from Canonical announced about the solution not to provide an opportunity to provide an opportunity to provide an opportunity to provide an opportunity Installations of packets in Flatpak format in the default configuration of the official editions of Ubuntu. The decision was agreed with the developers of the existing official editions of Ubuntu, among which includes lubuntu, kubuntu, ubuntu budgie, ubuntu studio, xun Ubuntukylin and Ubuntu Unity. Those who wish to use the Flatpak format will need to separately install a package for its support from the repository (Flatpak Deb package) and, if necessary, activate the support of the Flathub catalog.
Starting with Ubuntu 23.04, from the basic delivery of all official editions of Ubuntu, the Flatpak Deb package, as well as packages to work with the Flatpak format at the application center, will be excluded. Users of previously installed systems in which Flatpak packages were used will save the possibility of using this format after updating to Ubuntu 23.04. Users who have not used Flatpak after the default update will only have access to the SNAP Store and standard distribution repositories.
The main attention in the official editions of Ubuntu will now be paid only to the promotion and development of SNAP packages format. According to the developers of the distribution, the support of two competing formats only leads to fragmentation instead of focusing attention on improving the technology selected for the distribution. It is expected that support for the default format for the UBUNTU will support the unity of the ecosystem and increase the convenience of working with the distribution of new users.