Flatpak 1.16 Improves USB Access, Wayland Integration & Accessibility
A shed-load of improvements are available in the latest update to Flatpak. Flatpak 1.16 begins a new stable series and, in the two years since Flatpak 1.14.x series was issued, a lot has changed – as anyone tracking the unstable 1.15.X series will be aware. The way Flatpak apps access USB devices is improved in Flatpak 1.16.x by way of a new input device permission, and support for explicit USB listing in Flatpak metadata. Developer Georges Basile Stavracas notes that while the first of those changes is “technically still a sandbox hole that should be treated with caution” it allows […] You're reading Flatpak 1.16 Improves USB Access, Wayland Integration & Accessibility, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.
A shed-load of improvements are available in the latest update to Flatpak. Flatpak 1.16 begins a new stable series and, in the two years since Flatpak 1.14.x series was issued, a lot has changed – as anyone tracking the unstable 1.15.X series will be aware. The way Flatpak apps access USB devices is improved in Flatpak 1.16.x by way of a new input device permission, and support for explicit USB listing in Flatpak metadata. Developer Georges Basile Stavracas notes that while the first of those changes is “technically still a sandbox hole that should be treated with caution” it allows […]
You're reading Flatpak 1.16 Improves USB Access, Wayland Integration & Accessibility, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.
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