Linux Mint drops Ubuntu Snap packages
Linux Mint drops Ubuntu Snap packages
Posted Jul 12, 2020 18:31 UTC (Sun) by atnot (subscriber, #124910)In reply to: Linux Mint drops Ubuntu Snap packages by simosx
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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.
Posted Jul 13, 2020 17:37 UTC (Mon)
by mathstuf (subscriber, #69389)
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Linux Mint drops Ubuntu Snap packages
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.