Cassidy James   Aug 25, 2023

I’m gonna dip my toes into volunteering as a Flatpak/Flathub developer advocate—basically, providing a human contact at a real company that can help larger apps/companies get their apps in front of Linux (and thus Steam Deck!) users.

What are some of the biggest apps you think are missing from Flathub—or for apps already there, which are the ones you’d like to see verified?

#Flatpak #Flathub #Linux #SteamDeck #OpenSource

Show threadGothPandaAug 25, 2023
@cassidy I would do *some things* to get Vivaldi in a flatpak, if for no other reason than the automatic updates. I remember them saying that they really couldn't due to technical reasons, and the way that chromium works. They provide a bash script that can install it on pretty much anything, but it can be a pain to track down and update.
Show threadCassidy James   Aug 25, 2023
@gothpanda considering Google Chrome, Chromium, Microsoft Edge, and Brave are on Flathub these days, it seems like it should be _possible_ at least? I do recall there being something weird with conflicting sandboxing of Chromium and Flatpak though.
Show threadGothPanda
@cassidy yeah. The way those ones work is using a version of chromium that would have issues if Vivaldi used it, so they just found it easier to make a bash script that just puts everything in a folder for you and can update it if you already have it.
Aug 25, 2023 at 9:22pmWeb