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<p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Hi all, <br>
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<p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">As I'm fairly
new to Linux, I'm sure that there are reasons for why the
software packages in the Ubuntu repositories are often not the
latest versions available via the various projects' websites. I
tend to prefer to not use Flakpak/Flathub, after reading a blog
post from Clem, the project lead of Linux Mint (which is the
distro I use) about his concerns about Snap (<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=3906"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=3906</a>).
But I have noticed that for both FreeCAD and gnuCash, the
Flatpak versions are considerably more recent/updated than the
"Ubuntu" version (is that what you call it?) also available in
the Linux Mint software manager. <br>
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<p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">FreeCAD: 18.4
for the Ubuntu version v. 19.4 for the Flathub version - <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://www.freecadweb.org/"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.freecadweb.org/</a><br>
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<p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">gnuCash: 3.8b
for the Ubuntu version v. 4.10+ for the Flathub version - <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://www.gnucash.org/">https://www.gnucash.org/<br>
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<p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">I could also
download the appimage from the FreeCAD website, but I like
centrally managed updates. <br>
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<p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Does anyone
else have any thoughts to share on this? Preferences? <br>
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<p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">And I've also
wondered how the desktop version of Signal is set up so that the
package is installed via the Linux Mint software manager, but
the updates come via the web (from Signal). Is that another
approach to similar issues? <br>
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<p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Thanks!</font></p>
<p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Brad<br>
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