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Wouldn't apt give full access as well? Flatpack allows it to work on all distro, isn't that the point?

• solarkraft 6y ago
  Yes and yes. GP's point is that the distro's package manager is already an ultra reliable way to get non-sandboxed software.
  • didibus 6y ago
    Except it relies on benevolent volunteers to maintain the packages and make sure they are up to date for your distro. I think having a standard where the app developer can easily provide a single package which can be distributed and installed on all distros would be beneficial.
    • tremon 6y ago
      Whereas flatpak doesn't rely on benevolent volunteers? I think having a dedicated community where maintainers can easily pool their package updates together would be more reliable.
      • didibus 6y ago
        > Whereas flatpak doesn't rely on benevolent volunteers? It doesn't on the distribution side. Yes it's maintained by volunteers, but the packaging and distribution is not, it can be done by the application developer. So if I make a desktop application for Linux, I can do a flatpack build of it, and now all distros can install my app. Where as traditionally, I would have had to make multiple builds for targeting different distros. So generally, what happens is the app developer maintains a build for the most popular distro only, and there are other volunteers in other distros who try and repackage it for other distros and maintain it up to date, etc.