Re:Flatpak 1.0 Released, Ready for Prime Time
by oblio on Monday August 20, 2018 @10:25AM
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Don't forget the craziness in /etc. Where do I edit the hostname? Where do I edit the network card configuration? How can I check the distribution name and its version number? Where are the configuration files for Nginx and how are they structured? Etc, ad nauseam.
Just try to do some of these steps on 2-3 versions (versions for non-rolling distributions) of each of the following distributions: RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, Gentoo.
The Linux distribution ecosystem is insane.
Massive amount of identical work that the WASTE majority of the time, does not improve anything for the end user.
Security should come from moving into well maintained platform, automatic scanners and many users. Instead of the package maintainers being the 'security reviewers' we should have app stores and sub repositories with security reviews.
Nothing stops a distro from only offering flatpaks from their own repo.
Centralizing and automating these things will allow for far better security processes in the long run.