[HN Gopher] Flathub: One million active users and growing
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Flathub: One million active users and growing
Author : sph
Score : 32 points
Date : 2024-01-29 08:13 UTC (14 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (docs.flathub.org)
(TXT) w3m dump (docs.flathub.org)
| zdware wrote:
| I'm glad they mentioned Steam Deck! I figured there would be a
| healthy bump from that.
| Kalanos wrote:
| Docker is considering a flatpak. Upvote here:
| https://github.com/docker/roadmap/issues/593
|
| flatpak is like a cross-distro snap that actually works. some of
| the apps are buggy at the fringes, but i've been opening issues
| to smooth them out. some of the apps like VS Code claim to be
| from microsoft, but are... unofficial?
| NekkoDroid wrote:
| > some of the apps like VS Code claim to be from microsoft, but
| are... unofficial?
|
| Unless they have a verified checkmark next to the company/owner
| of the project it will be a 3rd party package of it. The name
| is mainly intended as a "This is from X" instead of "This is
| packaged by X" (unless you actually see the verified badge)
| xcrunner529 wrote:
| I so far have been disappointed because some of the main things
| I I shall and had are a browser and password manager and they
| can't talk to each other and flatpak refuses to fix it.
| 4oo4 wrote:
| This is by design iirc, as a consequence of sandboxing.
| However there is an easy workaround, which is redirecting
| your browser profile back to the host with flatpak
| override/flatseal. I don't need this anymore for Bitwarden
| but I did this for a long time with Firefox + Enpass.
| xcrunner529 wrote:
| So is the iPhone and they provided ways to make it work.
| It's a use case that is needed so they should be trying to
| find a (secure) way to do it.
| Spivak wrote:
| https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal/issues/655
| starkparker wrote:
| No movement on the associated PR since November?
| banger180 wrote:
| I really like flatpaks, easy to install and work with. Definitely
| superior over Ubutnu's snaps. As a user you do have to be
| somewhat aware that the application is running in a sandbox and
| won't behave exactly like one running without a container. For
| example the Belgian digital ID card software does not work in a
| sanboxed browser. At least not by default a the moment.
| anthk wrote:
| Still no GUI a la synaptic as without pulling half of KDE
| (Discover) or Gnome (Gnome Software).
| reddit_clone wrote:
| A TUI would be a good addition?
| palata wrote:
| An opinion (not my blog) about Flatpak (just to trigger
| discussions): https://ludocode.com/blog/flatpak-is-not-the-future
| sph wrote:
| One day we will be able to talk about Flatpak without being
| sidetracked into deconstructing this stupid post. (And the one
| at flatkill.org -- I've seen it posted so many times it's
| burned in my brain)
|
| Alas, today is not that day.
| 2OEH8eoCRo0 wrote:
| Without charging 30%? Impossible! /s
|
| Keep up the good work Flathub team!
| tracker1 wrote:
| I think that flatpak is the future. It would be nice to have some
| level of shared read only packages, like UI frameworks (gnome/kde
| etc) and a few other features could be better.
|
| A nice permissions interface so the manifest can declare, this
| app needs x, that you can approve instead of needing secondary
| apps to change permissions.
|
| I don't mind snaps. I'd like to see better integration to move
| AppImage downloads to a single location and add them to the apps
| menu directly.
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