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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I would assume because the whole model of encrypting your drives and installing bootloaders doesn't blend well with the flatpak sandbox

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You can give a Flatpak the necessary permissions to modify disks. All the permissions needed by Veracrypt could be granted.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

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