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The biggest minus of containers for me, including Flatpak, are that even with xdg desktop portal workarounds they still fail to actually integrate into the desk

The biggest minus of containers for me, including Flatpak, are that even with xdg desktop portal workarounds they still fail to actually integrate into the desktop and make or break features that depend on this simply don't work. And because it's a container it's nigh impossible to debug and find a fix. In the end containers are even more fragile than depending on system libs and fighting future shock.

flexagoon 3y ago
> xdg desktop portal workarounds Desktop portals are not "workarounds", they are the new correct APIs to use
- superkuh 3y ago
  ... the new correct API to use to work around containers and all the problems being containerized causes. >Portals are the framework for securely accessing resources from outside an application sandbox. They provide a range of common features to applications, including: Determining network status, opening a file with a file chooser, opening URIs, taking screenshots and screencasts [...] https://lwn.net/Articles/694291/ https://lwn.net/Articles/694291/ All things being containerized messes up which require workarounds. xdg desktop portal attempts to provide these but most of the time it fails to do so fully.
- JohnFen 3y ago
  Says who? They look like workaraounds to me.