Addenum to my @LAS talk!
I don't think people realized that #flatpak next basically fixes everything. Browsers will use their own sandboxes, steam, password managers, etc.
And a new VPN portal. All of the razorburn goes away.
All we need to do is gather a bunch of #rust nerds.
I would like too amend my statement: "The gamer kids and the rust kids will save Linux, and the ops people will help them succeed."
@jorge@hachyderm.io @LAS@floss.social
I see the slides in the talk make repeated mention of creating systemd services. What does this mean for distros that use flatpak but don't have systemd?
@2something @LAS I don't know, ask them?
@jorge@hachyderm.io @LAS@floss.social
I'm asking for clarification: Will Flatpak Next/Flatpak 2 depend on systemd?
@2something @LAS Are you serious? Of course.
@jorge@hachyderm.io @LAS@floss.social @2something@transfem.social
I would really rather it not, especially since systemd seems to endorse merging AI slop.
@flammableengineering @LAS @2something This is modern linux, there's only systemd.
@jorge@hachyderm.io @LAS@floss.social @flammableengineering@app.wafrn.net
The flatpak.org setup page includes "setup" instructions for at least 7 distros which do not have SystemD, including Alpine, Void, Guix, Slack, Pisi, Salix, and Gentoo. All of those distros are actively maintained, work on modern hardware, and are endorsed by flatpak now.
@2something @LAS @flammableengineering Sounds like people need to get to work.
More people will work on the more standard configs. And flatpak 1.0 is parallel installable - you don't lose anything.
Then we'll see where people send contributions. not up to me.