brent I dont really look at is as bloated we know there is overhead that they wont
need in the future when the transitions settle down.
So way I see it flatpaks put the extra stuff but thats why one has choice to use them not
But Basic I think the Os is Prob still in good shape (still far cry to what windows turned into)
(Just thinking)
Solus 4.7 Endurance Released
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Axios I dont really look at is as bloated we know there is overhead that they wont
need in the future when the transitions settle down.
So way I see it flatpaks put the extra stuff but thats why one has choice to use them not
I do remember a time when if I had 5 flatpak packages many had no rundeps and the rest had 1-2. I honestly don't know when all this org.freedesktop stuff started swelling up. But I am honest enough to say I don't even know what that stuff is. You are right though, they are minimal MB.
Thought: maybe Flatpak count is a FastFetch thing vs a neofetch thing and I'm not crazy?
As far as choice? 
. I will be diplomatic and say my hand is forced because I could never get 2 repo packages to ever function despite years of bug tickets (Crow and SMTube) so I had to replace them with [Dialect and Freetube]. Solus has a cli youtube player(s) that rocks though.
edit: I think for a long stretch I really tried to be one of the 'repo only' - type Solus users that I always envied. I have a healthy respect for those that can make do. It shames me a little to say I needed a couple things we didn't have because I am your complete 'basic' user. Hooray for flatpak and foss.
The linux adventure for me has been 100X better than the WIN life...
Just installed Solus for the first time, replaced my Ubuntu 24.04 install I use daily on my gaming PC. So far so good!
VERY fast, much nicer UI and usability. Really the only two things I'm missing is the hot corner in the top left of Gnome (the rest of Budgie is too good, I don't want to use Gnome on this distro). And I would like Wayland but that's probably minor.
Incredible distro, I hope I can help in the future in some small way.
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stocc Gnome Software uses gtk4+libadwaita and they don't really support theming. (If anyone want to discuss this decision, please create another thread). Only light and dark mode are available.
It is possible to workaround it but not very easy. You need to edit the gtk4 css file/directory manually. Some themes have the instructions for it on their repo. Or you can use adw-gtk3-theme to make other (gtk) apps looks like gtk4+libadwaita. You probably already have a preferred theme.
alfisya Thanks @alfisya. That's a pity. I've just installed Solus, partly because my previous distro had made some recent theming decisions which required me to edit css files to get it back to the way I liked it. I liked the look of Budgie in Solus, but I do like consistency, so I think I'll stick with the current software centre until such time as it's removed. Then, I guess I'll have a decision to make...
BTW ... during installation Calamares is displaying 4.6 which can be of some confusion for certain people.
Thanks for the fresh release
unclemez Where?
Distro Tube review
A Quick Look At Solus 4.7 "Endurance"
alfisya
I installed Gnome Software Center, but I can NOT find it in the Budgie menu.. What can this be??
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Silversurfer it calls itself (simply) 'Software'
OK, when I type Software, I only get the Solus Software Centre
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If you say your red remove button looks just like mine, then you have it installed. Now my answer would be "that's weird, I don't know."
Maybe you need to reboot or logon/logoff to see the changes take effect?
all I got
I found it! For some reason its called Appsenter
Silversurfer
hard to believe my version is different than your version, but far out, you figured it out! congrats
The name is probably localized, hence the difference.
EbonJaeger gotcha, thanks
EbonJaeger I have the same in a existing Budgie in the boot up menu it says 4.6
