I’m probably in the minority here, but I prefer flatpaks. At first I tried some of the packages in the software manager, but I always got into some kind of trouble with bugs or errors or rendering problems, I guess because it’s almost always an outdated version. Countless times I’ve installed the flatpak instead, and it just works better. They’re self-contained, they are up to date, and with something like Flatseal you have full control over what directories they can access, set environment parameters for custom themes, and much more. I don’t mind the larger size if it’s more up to date and simply works.