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Flatpak is just a package manager. If it's built for whatever you have UT installed on, sure. Why not?
It’s just there’s a severe lack of communication regarding it. I’ve never seen a single flatpak app mentioned in their videos, posts, or documentation. I’m sure since it’s based on Ubuntu the package exists but it seems like they aren’t on board with flatpak generally. I’ve seen mention of getting snaps and they have an app store but there’s no flatpak support on it.
I don’t mind the terminal but a graphical interface would be much preferred.
Canonical makes Ubuntu, and also the Snap Package Manager. They've been trying to push Snap for years, which is why Flatpak is an alternative to Snap. You won't find Canonical/Ubuntu docs spreading Flatpak.