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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Those are two completely different things. It is like saying "why hammers not apples?" There is no logical answer, they are just two completely different things.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I was confused, but I think they might be asking why Veracrypt isn’t available as a flatpak

[–] lemmeBe 5 points 1 month ago

I've interpreted like that as well. 🤔

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

this, sorry for the title

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago