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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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What software is best to have in a flatpak on tumbleweed? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The title says it all. I would like to know what software you have in a flatpak. If you want to include your reasoning, go ahead.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah as they said it’s complicated, but in an unintuitive way more sandbox of apps can lead to apps being less effective at sandboxing themselves. Which, like you said, can be good bad or neutral depending on your threat model.

Personally I am leaning towards not using browser in Flatpaks since I trust the browser to sandbox itself. Not the position I started from initially where I would have assumed more sandboxing is a uniformly good thing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Much respect for the discussion. I learned things.