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submitted 11 months ago by redd@discuss.tchncs.de to c/linux@lemmy.ml
  • Are you using Flatpaks?
  • Are you trusting Flathub?
  • Do you bother about the sandboxing and security?
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[-] TCB13@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Are you using Flatpaks?

Yes, makes Debian desktop perfect. Rock solid base system, all desktop apps updated to the latest and greatest without pollution.

Are you trusting Flathub?

Yes BUT... there should be a way to have / manage / install Flatpaks offline like AppImages and/or easy and officially supported ways of archiving the repository into something useful and easy to use.

Related: https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/issues/4874

Do you bother about the sandboxing and security?

Too much security already: https://github.com/flathub/org.keepassxc.KeePassXC/issues/29#issuecomment-559476300 A password manger can't community with a Browser as it is. This makes both useless and kills one of the best use cases for Flatpak.

[-] wile_e8@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

FWIW I figured out how to get a password manager (Browserpass, not KeePassXC) to communicate with flatpak Chrome if you want some advice on how to get it to work.

But yes, it was way more difficult than it should have been (which is "should work out of the box, just like a regular package"). So if you're just listing some of the shortcomings of flatpak, never mind.

[-] TCB13@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago
[-] wile_e8@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Keep an eye out, I'll come back to this. It involves posting config file diffs and a script I wrote, it'll be a longer post I don't have the time to write right at this moment.

But yes, the fact that I need to find the time to post all the changes I needed to make to get this to work is part of the problem here.

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