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Flatpak is a GNU/Linux Desktop package format. Is goal is to provide the same environment to execute an app on each GNU/Linux distribution that support Flatpak. Which include Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, CentOS, OpenSuse, etc. Each app can request a runtime that include the majority of its dependencies. It exist generic runtimes, like Gnome, KDE or FreeDesktop. But it's possible to make custom runtime. Each app can also request extension(s) for their runtime. These extensions add specific dependencies. Like for example audio/video codecs. And finally, for specific dependencies who are not provided by runtime end their extension, the app is packages with them. When the app is launched by an user: A container is created with the app file system, a read-only access the runtime and its extension(s) and the software is executed inside this container. For more about Flatpak: * The official Flatpak website: * The documentation: * The list of GNU/Linux distributions who support Flatpak: Flathub is a community repository who provide a lot of desktop apps: * The official Flathub website: * The publication documentation: * The app author documentation: Best regards ------- Gendre Sébastien Sébastien Gendre <seb@...> writes: [[PGP Signed Part:Bad signature from B586F7C77239E29E Sébastien Gendre <seb@...>]] |