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As a noob, can someone briefly explain flatpaks and why they may be preferred?
Glad you asked
Containerization is not mandatory, some flatpaks are not air-gapped at all which is a real bummer. I wish they all were.
Are you referring to the ones with excessive sandbox permissions that flathub allows by default? Or is this something else?
Can they not be closed down with flatseal?
Thanks for mentioning this. I didnt know.
For some apps this is just annoying. Like on Cryptomator
It is also much easier to install and update, since it don't require restarting the computer, and also works on all distro.
Exactly. Thanks for pointing it out.
That was my guess, from others' context. Hits almost all of the good points.
How containerized though? Could it be a replacement for a docker server "farm" on a single machine or is it know for apps to simply use locally?
Good question. Docker can be used for orchestration which I‘m pretty sure is a lot more than flatpak is designed for. So if this interests you (I‘m fine with docker) feel free to try it out and update me.