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Flatpaks aren't huge at all. This is a debunked myth. I can't recommend reading this article enough.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Well yes but I am not sure that this is the main problem with flatpak containers.

I'd rather point out that this approach creates a bigger attack surface since the containers tend to ship with outdated versions of libraries, frameworks and tools that the actual application relies on because it is now that specific app developer's problem to update them inside of the container. So with this, even an up to date system is not really up to date and might suffer from severe vulnerabilities. I'd say it depends on your application, use case and threat scenario; containerization can make sense but is not the holy grail.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Can't wait to have containers for containers.

I legitimately think that people in the community are stupid enough to see value in something like that.

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