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minus-squareCaptainSpaceman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoInteresting breakdown, thank you. Do you happen to know if the containerization is similar to docker containers? Or more like android apps?
minus-squareLettuce eat lettuce@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-23 months agoI’m not an expert, but from my understanding, more like android apps. They aren’t totally isolated like a docker or LXC container would be, but they are generally self-contained. The Linux Experiment has a really great vid that goes into detail on all common packaging formats in Linux including Flatpaks: Linux Packaging Formats Explained
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoIt used bubblewrap which is kind of like a chroot.
Interesting breakdown, thank you.
Do you happen to know if the containerization is similar to docker containers? Or more like android apps?
I’m not an expert, but from my understanding, more like android apps.
They aren’t totally isolated like a docker or LXC container would be, but they are generally self-contained.
The Linux Experiment has a really great vid that goes into detail on all common packaging formats in Linux including Flatpaks:
Linux Packaging Formats Explained
It used bubblewrap which is kind of like a chroot.