redd ( redd@discuss.tchncs.de ) to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 years agoThe Flaws of Flatpak - What do you think about Flatpak Security?youtu.beexternal-linkmessage-square30linkfedilinkarrow-up143file-text
arrow-up143external-linkThe Flaws of Flatpak - What do you think about Flatpak Security?youtu.beredd ( redd@discuss.tchncs.de ) to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square30linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresuprjami ( suprjami@lemmy.sdf.org ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 years ago Every Flatpak vendor So who’s that? Flathub and Fedora, the latter of who automate the Flatpak builds from distro packages anyway. If you’re using a smaller distro which is not backed by a huge security team then this is probably an advantage of using Flatpak, not a negative.
minus-squareredd ( redd@discuss.tchncs.de ) OPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 years agoCan the Fedora Flatpaks be browsed and downloaded for other distros?
minus-squaresuprjami ( suprjami@lemmy.sdf.org ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 years agoYes. All Flatpak apps can be used on any distro. I’m using the Fedora Flatpak Firefox on Debian, because Fedora’s Flatpak runtime supports Kerberos authentication, the Flathub runtime doesn’t.
So who’s that? Flathub and Fedora, the latter of who automate the Flatpak builds from distro packages anyway.
If you’re using a smaller distro which is not backed by a huge security team then this is probably an advantage of using Flatpak, not a negative.
Can the Fedora Flatpaks be browsed and downloaded for other distros?
Yes. All Flatpak apps can be used on any distro.
I’m using the Fedora Flatpak Firefox on Debian, because Fedora’s Flatpak runtime supports Kerberos authentication, the Flathub runtime doesn’t.