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  1. Flatpak installation stuck – Very slow and not progressing

    Feb 1, 2025 · Hello everyone, I’m trying to install a Flatpak application from the terminal, but the process is extremely slow and doesn’t seem to make any progress. The download starts but …

  2. RPM or Flatpak? - Fedora Discussion

    Jul 16, 2024 · Aka Flatpak permissions fighting against the OS’s own permissions systems. Why would someone be using Blender from Flatpak and being subject to that, instead of Blender in …

  3. What are the differences between snaps, appimage, flatpak and …

    Dec 31, 2016 · Flatpak has the same advantages as snaps. However, it uses Namespaces instead of AppArmour for sandboxing. The main difference is that Flatpaks can both use …

  4. Should I avoid using Flatpak for all apps on Fedora, or is it okay to ...

    Feb 28, 2025 · Hello Fedora community, I’m new to Linux and recently switched to Fedora Workstation 41 from Windows 11. I’ve embraced the idea of using Flatpak apps and have …

  5. Newest 'flatpak' Questions - Ask Ubuntu

    Dec 9, 2025 · Flatpak is a packaging format for distributing sandboxed applications on GNU/Linux distributions. Use this tag for all questions related to creating, distributing and running Flatpaks.

  6. What is the difference podman toolbox flatpak

    Jul 11, 2023 · Flatpak also uses container technology but is more in line with what ostree does since it provides a complete stack for the app that is flatpak’d. Flatpaks are also more …

  7. How to give a Flatpak app access to a directory - Ask Ubuntu

    Oct 23, 2018 · 71 I installed Elisa music player from Flathub, but it refuses to see my Music partition, so I can't add any music to it's library unless I copy it to /home/my_user/. Is there a …

  8. How to completely remove snap and replace with flatpak?

    Sep 4, 2019 · I want to remove every piece of existing software/package on Ubuntu related to snap and replace with flatpak. How to completely remove snap in Ubuntu 19.04 and replace …

  9. Are Snap and Flatpak apps safe to install? Are they "official ...

    Oct 7, 2019 · I hesitate a lot about using PPAs as well. I only trust very few external sources, PPAs or packages downloaded from websites. But now Snap and Flatpak seems to be all the …

  10. Choosing between Flatpak and RPM - Fedora Discussion

    Sep 28, 2023 · Flatpak are generally a better experience on Kinoite, Silverblue, etc. than rpm, but you can definitely still install stuff with sudo rpm-ostree install and there are things that don’t …