If you’re going to use flatpak from the command line you’re definitely going to need to start aliasing those flatpak run commands. It’s still annoying, but at least that way it’s only annoying once.
You have the option to add the verified subset only, and you can always check permissions before starting an installed app, and it will not start before.
If you’re going to use flatpak from the command line you’re definitely going to need to start aliasing those flatpak run commands. It’s still annoying, but at least that way it’s only annoying once.
No. I’ll use snaps before I start maintaining a bunch of aliases that I shouldn’t have to. It’s a flaw in flatpak.
No snaps are insecure on other distros that Ubuntu, as they are only isolated using apparmor. Also they are nonfree by design, just no.
They’re not insecure. No more so than when I install a package via apt. No more so than when I download some code and compile it. This is propaganda.
They are less secure than flatpaks and there was malware on that store
You think the unverified flatpaks which choose their own permissions are “safe”?
You have the option to add the verified subset only, and you can always check permissions before starting an installed app, and it will not start before.
I’m sure everyone does that.
Yeah with Snaps you also have unofficial packages, no apparmor at all and a mix of foss and nonfoss apps.
But with flatpak these things are accessible and Flatseal is very commonly used.
“Already perfect” vs. “Has the foundation to fix it easily” distros could easily allow to add the subset or improve the permission system.