Linux Mint drops Ubuntu Snap packages

Posted Jul 10, 2020 17:30 UTC (Fri) by atnot (subscriber, #124910)
In reply to: Linux Mint drops Ubuntu Snap packages by simosx
Parent article: Linux Mint drops Ubuntu Snap packages

At this point, why not just use Flatpak which is both not hostile to users of the technology and technically superior in several aspects.

Linux Mint drops Ubuntu Snap packages

Posted Jul 10, 2020 21:54 UTC (Fri) by simosx (guest, #24338) [Link] (2 responses)

> At this point, why not just use Flatpak which is both not hostile to users of the technology and technically superior in several aspects.

There is too much such evangelism. The reality is that there are all sort of issues. The sandbox permissions are set by those that package the application. Kinda defeats the purpose of a sandbox.

Linux Mint drops Ubuntu Snap packages

Posted Jul 12, 2020 18:31 UTC (Sun) by atnot (subscriber, #124910) [Link] (1 responses)

This is no different from the sandboxes on any other platform. The app declares the permissions it needs and users can modify them as needed. The only way in which I see your argument is that the flatpak cli does not ask you to confirm the permissions before installing. Which it definitely should, but has little to do with flatpak as a technology.

Linux Mint drops Ubuntu Snap packages

Posted Jul 13, 2020 17:37 UTC (Mon) by mathstuf (subscriber, #69389) [Link]

It'd be great if dummy backends could be used. This makes the apps not have to deal with missing permission checks (and potentially refusing to work if not provided them) and keeps your data safer.