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--- tools:flatpak [2024/09/24 03:14] – [Flatpak] Humphrey Boa-Gart
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 ===== Drawbacks & Package Security =====
-Flatpak has its uses. However, if you are not using it wisely, they can come at a potential cost to resource consumption and security. Since each app is packaged with all of its own dependencies, disk consumption increases exponentially the more apps you install. Furthermore, since the maintainers of those packages are now responsible for updating all of the dependencies their packages, they are no longer updated by the system. Many app developers just forget about these dependencies, and it is far harder and more annoying to update someone's [[https://blog.brixit.nl/developers-are-lazy-thus-flatpak/|containerized semi-distribution masquerading as an app]] than it is your own system.
+Flatpak has its uses. However, if you are not using it wisely, they can come at a potential cost to resource consumption and security. Since each app is packaged with all of its own dependencies, disk consumption increases exponentially the more apps you install. Furthermore, since the maintainers of those packages are now responsible for updating all of the dependencies within their packages, they are no longer updated by the system. Many app developers just forget about these dependencies, and it is far harder and more annoying to update someone's [[https://blog.brixit.nl/developers-are-lazy-thus-flatpak/|containerized semi-distribution masquerading as an app]] than it is your own system.
 On top of that, security policy on some of these packages is notoriously sloppy. It is highly recommended you make use of [[github>tchx84/Flatseal]] to evaluate the permissions of each of your installed Flatpaks, which you can install with ''flatpak install flatseal''.

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