Flatpak ist hier, um zu bleiben. Das belegen die Zuwachszahlen von Flathub, dem zentralen App-Store für Linux-Anwendungen im Flatpak-Format. 2025 brachte 21,6 % mehr Downloads als das Vorjahr.

Flathub, der zentrale Linux-App-Store für Flatpaks erhielt kürzlich die neue Kategorie »On the Go«, die gezielt Apps für Linux-Mobilgeräte wie Smartphones und Tablets vorstellt.

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A new stable release of Flatpak is out with a wealth of improvements in tow. Flatpak 1.16.0 is the first stable release in the new 1.16.x series, coming more than two years after the Flatpak 1.14.x cycle began and containing features, fixes, and other work undertaken from the 1.15.x development releases. Such as? Well, the way that Flatpak apps access USB devices is improved in Flatpak 1.16.x thanks to a new input device permission. Developer Georges Basile Stavracas notes that this is “technically still a sandbox hole that should be treated with caution” but enables apps to purposefully limit the scope […]

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Flatpak support will be included in Ubuntu MATE 22.04 out of the box — making it the first official Ubuntu flavour to offer it. All Ubuntu flavours ship with Snap support preinstalled as well the ability to use regular apt repos. Flatpak, however, is something users have to go out of their way to install at a later date. But Ubuntu MATE fans running the next LTS will find they don’t need to as Flatpak is already present. Better yet, all the required desktop integrations with portals are present and working by default. A tiny but telling step; further proof […]

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