> The sandboxing allow a bit of isolation but this it ranks quite poorly in term of actual security benefits for the typical end users use cases.
Ranked poorly in what checklist?
> Well, not the authors of flatpak, but yes some did. On medias that many people watch such as youtube videos.
Let's try to stay on topic. The point I made was that, the author's example about Flatpak GIMP doing something unauthorized on your system applies to any package format. The differentiating factor here is that Flatpak/Flatseal allows you to sandbox the application easily and quite effectively if I may add.
> The point is the proponent raise the security flag like it is a huge advantage and you could trust anything coming from flathub while it is mostly pixie dusk.
Okay then, as you criticize Flatpaks give us your alternative to a trusted application.
> Untrustable apps aren't more trustable because they are delivered as flatpaks.
The numbers of app installs for popular software available from flathub.org but sure you can use the number of supported distros as an easy base. Including Ubuntu with a few workarounds.
> Ubuntu seems to dwarf other Linux distrobutions in terms of numbers of users.
I'd ask you the same thing. Based on what figures?
> Are you saying more users have Flatpak installed than have Snap installed?
Yes until Ubuntu's Snapcraft store provide download numbers. I can almost swear they used to provide this sometime back but can't see anything like that now.
Doesn't matter, Flatpak won over Appimages and Snaps in adoption numbers.
And the example given here for GIMP having r/w permission to your home doesn't hold water. The distro-packaged app probably has the same permissions in comparison. At least with Flatpak, to deny it this permission is a simple toggle with Flatseal.
Ranked poorly in what checklist?
> Well, not the authors of flatpak, but yes some did. On medias that many people watch such as youtube videos.
Let's try to stay on topic. The point I made was that, the author's example about Flatpak GIMP doing something unauthorized on your system applies to any package format. The differentiating factor here is that Flatpak/Flatseal allows you to sandbox the application easily and quite effectively if I may add.