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Flathub Grows Past One Million Active Users (docs.flathub.org)

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

As a noob, can someone briefly explain flatpaks and why they may be preferred?

[–] [email protected] 28 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Glad you asked

containerized apps
more secure than regular install
less clutter
no dependency hell
open source (in opposition to snap)

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (5 children)

Containerization is not mandatory, some flatpaks are not air-gapped at all which is a real bummer. I wish they all were.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Thanks for mentioning this. I didnt know.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Can they not be closed down with flatseal?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

For some apps this is just annoying. Like on Cryptomator

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Are you referring to the ones with excessive sandbox permissions that flathub allows by default? Or is this something else?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

It is also much easier to install and update, since it don't require restarting the computer, and also works on all distro.

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

Exactly. Thanks for pointing it out.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That was my guess, from others' context. Hits almost all of the good points.

How containerized though? Could it be a replacement for a docker server "farm" on a single machine or is it know for apps to simply use locally?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Good question. Docker can be used for orchestration which I‘m pretty sure is a lot more than flatpak is designed for. So if this interests you (I‘m fine with docker) feel free to try it out and update me.