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TBF you could put support into the two common GUI toolkits, to defer to a Flatpak portal.
by orra 6y ago
TBF you could put support into the two common GUI toolkits, to defer to a Flatpak portal.
- Spivak 6y agoBut that’s exactly what GTK and QT have! It’s what to do with apps that don’t use some abstraction that supports portals that’s the issue.
- orra 6y agoWell, there’ll always be a long tail. But if you start with the popular apps and frameworks first, you get the most bang for your buck. It wouldn't surprise me however if sandboxing is only a good model for GUI not console app. IIRC the Windows 10X approach will be to put all non-sandboxed apps in the exact same environment.
- AshamedCaptain 6y agoAs mentioned above, Flatpak is already doing the two most popular toolkits. Programs just don't use toolkits to open files. So there is not a lot of "buck" here, and the tail is rather long.