jackpot@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-211 months agoin your opinion, what is the biggest downside of Flatpaks?message-squaremessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up135arrow-down14
arrow-up131arrow-down1message-squarein your opinion, what is the biggest downside of Flatpaks?jackpot@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-211 months agomessage-square40fedilink
minus-squarebazsy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·11 months agoFilesystem permissions For many apps it is not an issue and provides additional security but in other cases it’s very annoying and not trivial to fix. Example1: opening a .docx from Thunderbird flatpak with OnlyOffice flatpak does not work out of the box. Example2: mpv and VLC flatpaks work well for local files, but fail to open network shares from Dolphin. I think a possible solution would be runtime permission dialogs when denied access.
Filesystem permissions
For many apps it is not an issue and provides additional security but in other cases it’s very annoying and not trivial to fix.
Example1: opening a .docx from Thunderbird flatpak with OnlyOffice flatpak does not work out of the box.
Example2: mpv and VLC flatpaks work well for local files, but fail to open network shares from Dolphin.
I think a possible solution would be runtime permission dialogs when denied access.