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Ferret7446
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The Future of Flatpak
None of the common cross-distro packaging mechanisms have anything to do with virtualization. The core problem is software dependencies.
ggm
11 months ago
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A mechanism which can bundle its dependencies into an isolated runtime means dependencies do not fate share except at the ABI to the underlying OS.
Virtualised container apps have simpler dependencies.
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