Will Flatpak and Snap replace desktop Linux native apps?
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Actually, the better question is: When will they replace most desktop Linux programs?
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Why should that happen at all? I'm quite happy using one of the major distributions. The software that I want to work works, and it's reasonably reliable.
Sandboxing and greater flexibility in using older or conflicting packages/libraries.
Sandboxing is a buzzword here. Look at the flatpaks, people don't sandbox, they apply the maximum permissions until the application stops making errors at startup. This is not sandboxing.
And don't expect for a second that the security will be enforced on older libraries.
Yes they do. Do they all sandbox all things? No. Does it require sandboxing? No. But these are moot points. If you need it, you can have it. These are not available with traditional packages. Whether or not something works properly when sandboxed is sort of a side point, because it simply means that stuff needs to be worked-out. Since when do we have perfect stuff out of the box in FOSS though?
You're holding it to greater standards, IMO.
Users upping permissions is not something that Flatpak is to blame for.
Flatpak has set the groundwork for sandboxing of desktop apps with a runtime permission system. People dont yet know how to properly use it.
Immutable OS's like fedora silverblue tend to prefer flatpaks due to the read only nature of system files. Yes, you can rebuild the image and layer the rpm package over the rest of the system, but that's really supposed to be kept to a minimum.