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cplusplus ( cplusplus@programming.dev )  to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish ·
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Why Veracrypt not in flatpak?

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Why Veracrypt not in flatpak?

cplusplus ( cplusplus@programming.dev )  to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish ·
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  • Daisy (she/her) ( TechieDamien@lemmy.ml ) 
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    Those are two completely different things. It is like saying “why hammers not apples?” There is no logical answer, they are just two completely different things.

    • BlueSquid0741 ( BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org ) 
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      I was confused, but I think they might be asking why Veracrypt isn’t available as a flatpak

      • cplusplus ( cplusplus@programming.dev ) OP
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        this, sorry for the title

  • ryannathans ( ryannathans@aussie.zone ) 
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    I would assume because the whole model of encrypting your drives and installing bootloaders doesn’t blend well with the flatpak sandbox

    • Lemongrab ( Lemongrab@lemmy.one ) 
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      You can give a Flatpak the necessary permissions to modify disks. All the permissions needed by Veracrypt could be granted.

      • ReversalHatchery ( ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org ) 
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        and then what’s the benefit of having veracrypt as a flatpak package? that it can be used with older dependencies? if so, is that a good thing to have for things that modify system startup?

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        I haven’t used veracrypt to encrypt linux system partitions. Does it do all the decryption in user space somehow?

  • Lemmchen ( Lemmchen@feddit.org ) 
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    Go ask them https://mastodon.social/@veracrypt

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