Deprecate packages which have a Flatpak alternative

[livingsilver94]

List of packages with a Flatpak alternative:

• android-studio (com.google.AndroidStudio)
• anydesk (com.anydesk.Anydesk)
• bitwig-studio (com.bitwig.BitwigStudio)
• clion (com.jetbrains.CLion)
• datagrip (com.jetbrains.DataGrip)
• enpass (io.enpass.Enpass)
• franz (com.meetfranz.Franz)
• gitkraken (com.axosoft.GitKraken)
• goland (com.jetbrains.GoLand)
• google-chrome-beta Install docs
• google-chrome-stable (com.google.Chrome)
• google-chrome-unstable (com.google.ChromeDev)
• google-earth (com.google.EarthPro)
• idea (com.jetbrains.IntelliJ-IDEA-Ultimate, com.jetbrains.IntelliJ-IDEA-Community)
• mendeleydesktop (com.elsevier.MendeleyDesktop)
• phpstorm (com.jetbrains.PhpStorm)
• plexmediaserver (tv.plex.PlexDesktop)
• pycharm (com.jetbrains.PyCharm-Professional)
• pycharm-ce (com.jetbrains.PyCharm-Community)
• rider (com.jetbrains.Rider)
• rubymine (com.jetbrains.RubyMine)
• skype (com.skype.Client Microsoft is retiring skype in May 2025)
• slack-desktop (com.slack.Slack)
• spotify (com.spotify.Client)
• viber (com.viber.Viber)
• webstorm (com.jetbrains.WebStorm)

Packages without an alternative:

• insync (upstream feature request)
• moneydance
• mscorefonts (does not work as a flatpak)
• ocenaudio (Flatpak build ocenaudio/ocenaudio-translations#13)
• pomodoneapp
• scrivener: (flathub request)
• spideroak
• sublime-text (upstream discussion) flatpak ded
• sunvox
• synology-cloud-station-drive (EOL)
• teamviewer (flathub request)
• unity-editor (possibly com.unity.UnityHub?)

[maikwoehl]

Is a dedicated deprecation PR for each package needed or can it be one big PR?

[TraceyC77]

@maikwoehl - One PR with all the deprecations would work. Before we can deprecate anything, #74 and #73 need to be completed.

[Staudey]

Skype has stopped providing .deb packages, and recommends users move to snap

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/skype/forum/all/skype-for-linux-updates/da864865-d9e9-4819-8a5d-8de8934dd312

This will also affect the flatpak as it's built from the .deb

Deprectation PR: #76

[Justinzobel]

This will also affect the flatpak as it's built from the .deb

A flatpak can be built from a snap, as awful as that sounds. The Spotify Flatpak does it.

[Staudey]

Thanks, I wasn't sure whether this was a realistic option. Someone on the Skype flathub repo also mentioned that NordPass does the same thing. Good to know that there will still be a way to avoid snap (as a user, if not during the build) ^^

[TraceyC77]

The list above needs to be checked to see what's been done and what needs to be done.
This is necessary for us to deprecate the Solus Software Center

[maikwoehl]

google-chrome-beta is available in beta repo of flathub.
https://docs.flathub.org/docs/for-users/installation#flathub-beta-repository

I've checked the others and no change to them.