Snaps & flatpacks

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Wed, 2 Sep 2020 19:18:02 -0500, Jim wrote:
>So would this be a limitation of flatpacks or how this one was 
>implemented and if it was a limitation of flatpacks could a snap have 
>the same problem?

Hi,

just install and test it ;).

If you subscribe to a lot of mailing lists you will notice that there is
quasi zero acceptance for snaps and just a little bit of acceptance for
flatpacks. Both are immature and especially the immature sandbox
approach does cause the issues you described. However, snaps do not
just suffer from the sandbox issue.

A Claws developer:
https://lists.claws-mail.org/pipermail/users/2020-July/026474.html

I've seen similar comments on most Linux related mailing lists I join.
Compared to that bad critic Flatpaks get way better, but still bad
critics, too. There are a few good critics for both, but the vast
majority of critics is everything else but pro.

On https://snapcraft.io/ there's a list of Linux distributions creating
the impression that those distributions support snaps. At least "Arch
Linux" does not, never did and most unlikely ever will. That it's
possible to use it, doesn't mean that it's supported.

Just install and test it to acquire your own experiences.

Regards,
Ralf