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I have a question about flatpak
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this post was submitted on 23 Oct 2024
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There are vulnerabilities found in Flatpak's sandboxing all the time so it's pretty much broken. The opening speed on HDD systems is really really bad too. That's why I only use Flatpak to install software that's not available in my distro's repos. Though I use Arch (btw) so distro packages being old isn't an issue for me.
It's still better than no sandbox at all, isn't it? And who installs their OS on an HDD in 2024?
I guess so.
Those who earn less than $5k a month (aka 80+% of people in the world).
Nearly all of my friends make less than $5k per month, and all of them have SSDs as the boot drive in their computer.
Yes. 1TB SSDs can be bought new for 50€, 500GB for even less. For some people this is expensive depending in the region (e.g. I also know someone who uses an HDD). But given the price of other pc parts it isn't something to cheap out on (a 1TB/2TB HDD is also 50€).
Do you have current proof that there is security problems in the current stable version of Flatpak? Nothings perfect but bubblewrap should be pretty solid.
Well the sandboxing does help with trustworthy browsers so the websites can't have excessive permissions. But relying on such a broken system isn't a very good idea imo.
Sandboxing in the browser is different than the sandboxing done by flatpak.
You really want your browser sandbox to be rock solid as any weakness allows for drive by attacks by websites.
Flatpak uses bubblewrap under the hood so it is just as secure. Flatpak also has a security tracker and when security issues are found they are taken very seriously.