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		lugg on July 14, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What is Silverblue? Flatpak should be ok, I think when it's run inside inaccessible containers it won't be. Are the files sandboxed off from the user running in flatpak?

techntoke on July 14, 2019 [–]

No, these are bind mounted. Most Linux programs have a standard configuration directory. The application files that don't change would probably be sandboxed so that they can be easily upgraded.

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