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Linux distributions have changed quite a bit over the last 30 years, but
the way that they package software has been relatively static. While the
.deb and RPM formats (and others) have evolved with time, their current
form would not be unrecognizable to their creators. Distributors are
pushing for change, though. Both the Fedora and openSUSE projects are
moving to reduce the role of the venerable RPM format and switch to Flatpak for much of their software
distribution; some users are proving hard to convince that this is a good
idea, though.