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@killyourfm @element

Why not use the .deb from the official site?

Might be wrong, but I don't think the Flatpak has been packaged by Element.

There's a Snap too.

But I think the .deb is the officially sanctioned package. Has been working flawlessly for me.

I don't know whether you are on Wayland though... Seems there's only preliminary support for Wayland.

@AdamBishop @element Well, um… I have no good reason not to! Just used to grabbing everything via Flatpak lately. I’ll give it a go.

@killyourfm @element Of course not all, but many big name Flatpaks are packaged and maintained (or sometimes not so maintained) by the community, and not directly packaged by the developer. I even tried to package a few apps myself, but made a few mistakes in my .yaml! I think it is wise in general to check directly on the developer's website, and first install the way they would suggest if possible.

@AdamBishop @element that’s welcome advice. And a situation I should be more aware of since Thunderbird falls under that community packaging situation (though not for much longer)

@killyourfm @element I'd love to see developers releasing multiple packages, so people could choose what they want. It's certainly getting easier with packaging formats like Flatpak and Snap. But there's still some overhead. I'm still trying to work out how to get my Flatpak and Snap of a Java app to work .

@killyourfm @element There's also the web app, if you still have problems. That also works well for me.