This New Flatpak App Store Should Be Installed By Default On Every Linux Distro

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Bazaar is simply a free instrumentality for managing Flatpak apps.
It tin beryllium installed connected immoderate Linux distro pinch nan flatpak command.
It's besides free to usage and simplifies moving pinch Flatpak apps.

I instal a batch of Flatpak apps connected Linux, and though nan app shop connected my distro of prime (Pop!_OS) has Flatpak support rolled in, I find managing those apps a spot challenging. Because COSMIC Store lists Flatpak apps alongside .deb packages, it tin beryllium cumbersome to cognize what is what. So, erstwhile I discovered Bazaar, I knew it was an app I had to use. With this tool, I could moreover motion disconnected utilizing nan command line for installing Flatpak apps.

What is Bazaar?

Bazaar is to Flatpak apps what nan emblematic app shop is to accepted packages (such arsenic DEB aliases RPM). With Bazaar, you tin find, install, run, and delete Flatpak packages. You tin moreover negociate addons for those apps that see them.

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Imagine having your ain localized type of Flathub connected your desktop, 1 that's moreover easier to use. That's what Bazzar is, and it should beryllium installed by default connected each Linux distribution that uses Flatpak apps.

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Bazaar features

Outside of nan guidance of Flatpak apps, Bazaar includes nan pursuing features:

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Categories
Recently updated section
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Git Forge Star counts
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Global advancement bar
Curated conception (coming soon)
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Bazaar is arsenic easy to usage arsenic immoderate app shop I've ever tried, and if you dangle connected Flatpak apps, you'll want this connected your desktop.

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Installing Bazaar

Believe it aliases not, Bazaar is installed connected Linux arsenic a Flatpak app, which seems benignant of recursive (always fun).

To instal Bazaar, you'll evidently request a Linux distribution that supports Flatpak (which is astir of them). If you already person Flatpak installed, each you person to do is unfastened a terminal model and rumor nan pursuing command:

flatpak instal flathub io.github.kolunmi.Bazaar

Once nan installation is completed, cheque to spot if there's a Bazaar launcher successful your desktop menu. If you don't find one, log retired and log backmost in, and it will beryllium there.

Using Bazaar

If you've ever utilized an app shop connected a desktop aliases mobile device, you'll instinctively cognize really to usage Bazaar. All you person to do is unfastened Bazaar, hunt for nan app you want to install, and click Install.

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Once an app is added, you tin click nan Install tab and spot it listed, wherever you tin click nan three-dot paper and either tally nan app aliases position its Bazaar shop page. If an app has disposable add-ons, click nan puzzle portion icon and download nan add-on you want. For instance, I installed nan Alpaca AMD Support add-on (because I person an AMD GPU), which I didn't moreover cognize existed until I utilized Bazaar.

Handy.

Bazaar makes installing and managing Flatpak apps a full no-brainer. If you usage Flatpak apps, you should decidedly instal and usage this useful GUI frontend, arsenic it will make your Linux desktop life easier. If utilizing your distribution's built-in app shop for Flatpak apps tends to time off you confused, Bazaar will portion distant that disorder and time off you emotion for illustration a Flatpak pro.

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