Void Linux, an open-source, general-purpose GNU/Linux distribution based on the monolithic Linux kernel, is the latest operating system to adopt the Flatpak application sandboxing technologies.The Void Linux developers announced recently that took the decision to adopt Flatpak, which has already been merged into the distribution's software repositories, allowing users to install and run various proprietary or open source applications packaged as Flatpaks.
"Today we merged Flatpak into the repository for all supported architectures and both libc implementations (musl and glibc)," reads the announcement. "Flatpak provides a simple and user-friendly way to run, update and create self-contained desktop applications."
All Void Linux users have to do to run Flatpak apps like Skype or Spotify on their sleek and lightning fast musl-based Void Linux operating system is to ins... (read more)
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