On 10/12/21 00:38, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 12/10/2021 09:53, Samuel Sieb wrote:
> I usually use the net installer, but it's possible that I used the
> Workstation live to install F34 on this system. I noticed Thunderbird
> seemed to be a bit strange, not integrated well. For example, I
> couldn't open pdf files normally. I couldn't pick the pdf viewer,
> only an option to use the default system opener or save the file. I
> discovered what had happened when I tried to update it and dnf said it
> wasn't installed. It took a while, but eventually I figured out that
> it was a flatpack. I would never intentionally install a flatpack,
> particularly when there's a perfectly good rpm available.
>
> So my question is, how did Thunderbird get installed as a flatpack?
> Is that the default for the workstation install now?
>
> When I opened Gnome Software, it gave me the initial welcome dialog,
> so I didn't use that to install it. I did use that to remove the
> flatpack and I could see that it would be very easy to accidentally
> install the flatpack version instead of the rpm one.
Not sure if this is a valid data point. I installed F35 Workstation
from the Live Beta Image. There was no thunderbird installed.
If I click on Activities and type thunderbird it shows up in "Software"
and I suppose if I click on it it would get installed.
From where? I can't tell.
Now that you mention it, I do have a vague recollection that I might
have done that. I would certainly hope that it doesn't default to the
flatpack, but that might be possible.