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> I am convinced now that they are one of the best ways to ship commercial software on to Linux desktop. Commercial software would like a comprehensive and rel
by curt15 4y ago
> I am convinced now that they are one of the best ways to ship commercial software on to Linux desktop.
Commercial software would like a comprehensive and relatively stable API like what Windows famously provides. Flatpak's analog of the Windows API is the runtime. What level and duration of maintenance do Flatpak runtimes typically receive?
- Conan_Kudo 4y agoRed Hat offers a runtime that has a 10 year lifecycle for applications. Beyond that, I don't know of anything quite like that. https://developers.redhat.com/blog/2020/08/12/introducing-the-red-hat-flatpak-runtime-for-desktop-containers https://developers.redhat.com/blog/2020/08/12/introducing-th...