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minus-squareHappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·13 days agoI find different formats good for different purposes. Apps I use frequently are flatpak, single use apps are appimage, and apps that need more privileges gets to be system packages.
minus-squareSophocles@infosec.pubOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·13 days agoIn general I agree, I love me some appimage, but Flatpak is good when you need sandboxes and repo packages are super easy with apt or dnf
minus-squareSamueru_sama@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·12 days ago but Flatpak is good when you need sandboxes flatpak sandbox is actually bad for web-browsers and electron apps: https://librewolf.net/installation/linux/#security https://seirdy.one/notes/2022/06/12/flatpak-and-web-browsers/ https://github.com/uazo/cromite/issues/1053#issuecomment-2191794660
I find different formats good for different purposes. Apps I use frequently are flatpak, single use apps are appimage, and apps that need more privileges gets to be system packages.
In general I agree, I love me some appimage, but Flatpak is good when you need sandboxes and repo packages are super easy with apt or dnf
flatpak sandbox is actually bad for web-browsers and electron apps:
https://librewolf.net/installation/linux/#security
https://seirdy.one/notes/2022/06/12/flatpak-and-web-browsers/
https://github.com/uazo/cromite/issues/1053#issuecomment-2191794660