Re:Flatpak 1.0 Released, Ready for Prime Time
by vetinari on Monday August 20, 2018 @11:17AM
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For flatpak, the installed apps go to /var/lib/flatpak for system-wide, ~/.local/share/flatpak for user-specific.
Then there's the question of app-created data, that would normally go into some dot-directory. Flatpak by default redirects all XDG dirs into ~/.var/app/${appid}, but as a part of the required permissions, the apps can request access to the user homedir or specific subfolders.
Some apps abuse it. Yes, I do mind, when an app liters into ~/Documents/. I'm looking at you, Viber.
Then there's the question of app-created data, that would normally go into some dot-directory. Flatpak by default redirects all XDG dirs into ~/.var/app/${appid}, but as a part of the required permissions, the apps can request access to the user homedir or specific subfolders.
Some apps abuse it. Yes, I do mind, when an app liters into ~/Documents/. I'm looking at you, Viber.