Flatpak

Flatpak
Developer(s)	Alex Larsson
Repository	github.com/flatpak/flatpak ;
Written in	C
Operating system	Linux
Type	Application virtualization
License	LGPL
Website	flatpak.org

Flatpak, named xdg-app until May 2016,^[2] is a system for software deployment, package management, and application virtualization for Linux desktop computer environments. The system provides a sandbox environment in which users can run applications in isolation from the rest of the system.^[3]

Applications using Flatpak need to use specific function calls provided by Flatpak to control hardware devices or access the user's files,^{[citation needed]} and Flatpak will prompt the user for permission before giving access.^[4]

The original name of xdg-app came from the freedesktop.org collaboration effort,^{[citation needed]} which is also known as 'xdg'.^[5] The freedesktop.org server is the canonical home of the Flatpak project.^[6]

As of June 2016^[update], a few apps had added initial support for running under Flatpak, including LibreOffice^[7] and Pitivi.^[8]

References

^ "LGPL". xdg-app repository. freedesktop.org. Retrieved 2016-11-21. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |website= (help)
^ Alexander Larsson (9 May 2016). "Renamed to flatpak in git". freedesktop.org. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
^ Willis, Nathan (2015-01-21). "GNOME and application sandboxing revisted". LWN. Retrieved 2016-01-03.
^ Willis, Nathan (2015-08-12). "Working with xdg-app application bundles". LWN. Retrieved 2016-01-03.
^ Pennington, Havoc (2003-03-08). "Re: XDG vs freedesktop.org". xdg (Mailing list). Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2016-01-03.
^ Larsson, Alex (2015-12-17). "github or freedesktop?". xdg-app (Mailing list). Retrieved 2016-01-03.
^ "LibreOffice in Flatpak format". Libreoffice.org. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
^ "Pitivi-download". Retrieved 1 July 2016.

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