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What are your thoughts on Flatpak/Flathub? (flathub.org)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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How does it stack up against traditional package management and others like AUR and Nix?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Does anyone know how they handle spoofed malware? I can never figure out whether I can trust the packages from flathub. I always have to check the official website of the particular software first.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Flathub maintainers do not upload anything, they just write a manifest pointing to the official source and flathub does the rest. They also cannot modify it freely, approval is required.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Flathub verifies you have permission from upstream before accepting it. Other than that, sandbox.