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Flatpak uses /app so I’m not sure how it’s really “better” Problem is they both need to create an area with a full separate file system which doesn’t really fi

• cpburns2009 8y ago
  An /app isn't any better. If they insist on having a fully realized file-system, they can put it under /opt. Or, they could use symlinks to construct it under /run/{app,snap} similar to a chroot setup.
  • vetinari 8y ago
    /app is not visible on the host system, only inside the container. It is chroot on steroids.
    • cpburns2009 8y ago
      I don't mind that behavior.
• alexlarsson 8y ago
  /app is never visible on the host though
• vetinari 8y ago
  For flatpak, the installed apps go to /var/lib/flatpak for system-wide, ~/.local/share/flatpak for user-specific. Then there's the question of app-created data, that would normally go into some dot-directory. Flatpak by default redirects all XDG dirs into ~/.var/app/${appid}, but as a part of the required permissions, the apps can request access to the user homedir or specific subfolders. Some apps abuse it. Yes, I do mind, when an app liters into ~/Documents/. I'm looking at you, Viber.