From the course: Learning Fedora Linux
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Managing desktop software with Flatpak
From the course: Learning Fedora Linux
Managing desktop software with Flatpak
- [Instructor] Starting in Fedora 23, the distra is shipped for support with Flatpak, that run in their own protected space, either for the system or by user. Well regular package management through D and F installs a package at the system level right into the file system, Flatpak operates in a more isolated way, providing apps that aren't installed directly into the file system. Flatpak packages can act like containers, Applications run in sandboxes, and the application relies on a runtime. So Flatpak apps are very portable and have other security benefits as well. Flatpak relies on the desktop environment to install software, and the packages within Flatpak are typically desktop oriented. like IDEs, Office Suites, and TRAC Client, which have a lot of dependencies that Flatpak typically installs packages through a repository In this video, we'll take a look at using Flathub as a remote for our packages. Out of the box, so to speak, Flatpak doesn't have any repositories or remotes…
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