tet@lemm.ee to Linux@lemmy.ml · 8 months ago

What are your thoughts on Flatpak/Flathub?

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What are your thoughts on Flatpak/Flathub?

tet@lemm.ee to Linux@lemmy.ml · 8 months ago

About | Flathub

Flathub aims to be the place to get and distribute apps for Linux. It is powered by Flatpak which allows Flathub apps to run on almost any Linux distribution.

How does it stack up against traditional package management and others like AUR and Nix?

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8 months ago
It’s a decent packaging solution.

regarding the sandboxing, all the negatives are present with none of the benefits, wish they’d just rip that shit out

if you want to run software you don’t trust, firejail it or get it’s snap

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