I usually use the net installer, but it's possible that I used the Workstation live to install F34 on this system.  I noticed Thunderbird seemed to be a bit strange, not integrated well.  For example, I couldn't open pdf files normally.  I couldn't pick the pdf viewer, only an option to use the default system opener or save the file.  I discovered what had happened when I tried to update it and dnf said it wasn't installed.  It took a while, but eventually I figured out that it was a flatpack.  I would never intentionally install a flatpack, particularly when there's a perfectly good rpm available. So my question is, how did Thunderbird get installed as a flatpack?  Is that the default for the workstation install now? When I opened Gnome Software, it gave me the initial welcome dialog, so I didn't use that to install it.  I did use that to remove the flatpack and I could see that it would be very easy to accidentally install the flatpack version instead of the rpm one.

On 12/10/2021 09:53, Samuel Sieb wrote: > I usually use the net installer, but it's possible that I used the Workstation live to install F34 on this system.  I noticed Thunderbird seemed to be a bit strange, not integrated well.  For example, I couldn't open pdf files normally.  I couldn't pick the pdf viewer, only an option to use the default system opener or save the file.  I discovered what had happened when I tried to update it and dnf said it wasn't installed.  It took a while, but eventually I figured out that it was a flatpack.  I would never intentionally install a flatpack, particularly when there's a perfectly good rpm available. > > So my question is, how did Thunderbird get installed as a flatpack?  Is that the default for the workstation install now? > > When I opened Gnome Software, it gave me the initial welcome dialog, so I didn't use that to install it.  I did use that to remove the flatpack and I could see that it would be very easy to accidentally install the flatpack version instead of the rpm one. Not sure if this is a valid data point.  I installed F35 Workstation from the Live Beta Image.  There was no thunderbird installed. If I click on Activities and type thunderbird it shows up in "Software" and I suppose if I click on it it would get installed. From where?  I can't tell. Also, my F34 Workstation has no thunderbird, but I can;t recall how I installed it.