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minus-squaregandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up87arrow-down1·2 months agothe simple solution would be to put every game into a sandbox by default
minus-squarescholar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up94·2 months agoEvery program ideally should be in a sandbox and if it wants permission to access something it should have to ask for it.
minus-squareDefault Username@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45·2 months agoKind of like Android or iOS. Flatpak tries to accomplish this on Desktop, and it works, but isn’t as comprehensive as something like Android or iOS. On the extreme side, there is QubesOS, which runs every app in a dedicated virtual machine, including the networking stack.
minus-squareBradleyUffner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI’ve never seen a flatpak prompt me for permissions. If it needs something it didn’t have it just silently fails for me and I have to guess what permission it needed manually using flatseal. Is that normal or am I setup wrong?
minus-squareHolytimes@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoIts also the most annoying as fucking problem…
minus-squarejustlemmyin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoIs that what proton does on Linux?
minus-squareHertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoThose are my favourite type of game. /s
the simple solution would be to put every game into a sandbox by default
Every program ideally should be in a sandbox and if it wants permission to access something it should have to ask for it.
Kind of like Android or iOS.
Flatpak tries to accomplish this on Desktop, and it works, but isn’t as comprehensive as something like Android or iOS.
On the extreme side, there is QubesOS, which runs every app in a dedicated virtual machine, including the networking stack.
I’ve never seen a flatpak prompt me for permissions. If it needs something it didn’t have it just silently fails for me and I have to guess what permission it needed manually using flatseal. Is that normal or am I setup wrong?
That’s normal.
Its also the most annoying as fucking problem…
Is that what proton does on Linux?
Those are my favourite type of game.
/s