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submitted 1 week ago by cm0002@lemdro.id to c/linux@programming.dev

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[–] lukalix98@programming.dev 7 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Flatpaks can be unsafe too though.

[–] AudaciousArmadillo@piefed.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 week ago

Same goes for .debs from Debian stable. There is no absolute safety. But downloading unsigned code from a random website is far down the safe list.

[–] spectrums_coherence@piefed.social 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

AppImage defended and used grossly outdated core component like FUSE2 for a long time, and comes with zero sandboxing by default.

IMO, flatpak needs to improve in terms of security, but it is a strict improvement over AppImage.

[–] Marija_@programming.dev 3 points 1 week ago

I still prefer repositories, but official AppImages beat unofficial downloads.