| Software | Latest | Fedora Version | Pop! Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| ---- | 44.0 | 44.1 | 42.0 |
| Gnucash | 5.3 | 5.2 | 4.8 |
| GIMP | 2.10.34 | 2.10.34 | 2.10.30 |
| ------ | 1.3.1 | dnf 1.3.1 | 1.3.0 |
| Firewall Gufw | 22.04 | N/A | 22.04.0 |
| Master.mint21 (Mint) | dnf 22.11.2 | 21.09.1 | |
| 22.06.6 (TeeJee) | |||
| KeepassXC | 2.7.6 | 2.7.6 | 2.6.6 |
| affected by CVE-2023-35866 (upto 2.7.5) | |||
| Libreoffice | 7.6.0 (fast adopter) | 7.5.5.2 | 7.3.7.2 |
| 7.5.5 (LTS) | |||
| Popsicle | 1.3.1 (github) | AppImage 1.3.1 | 1.3.2 |
| PDF Arranger | 1.10.0 | 1.10.0 | 1.8.2 |
| Virt Manager | 4.1.0 | 4.1.0 | 4.0.0 |
| Videos (totem) | 44.0 | 43.0 | 42.0 |
| Nautilus | 44.0 | 44.2.1 | 42.6 |
I am “not” using Flatpak on Pop!
Most of the cases, those software are from Ubuntu repositories… would Pop!_OS consider building their own, or as some other people mentioned, rebase on something else?
Why won’t you use Flatpak? That’s exactly what it’s for.
The current version of Pop is based on the 22.04 long term support version of Ubuntu. Its aim is stability, not bleeding edge.
Also - ubuntu back-ports security fixes to older packages. So that keepassxc is likely not vulnerable. The package version will be something like “2.6.6-ubuntu3” to indicate that.
You are “not” using a flatpak, but you should and it would solve all your problems. It’s the way of the future even if you read some FUD about it online.
Flatpak is not Snap. Snap is the evil one.
AFAIK pop! is not aimed to be a more cutting-edge distro like fedora. It is meant to provide a stable base with the up-to-date version of the software installed by a packaging format, like flatpak, appimagr, or snap.
If you dont want to use these packages, then you will need to face the tradeoff between the stablity of the base system vs using not up-to-date apps.
