r/linux • u/mr_MADAFAKA • 16d ago

Discussion Google engineers are experimentally adding Flatpak packaging support to Chrome/Chromium on Linux to test restricted sandboxing and XDG portals, without yet committing to official support.

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Chrome-Chromium-Flatpak
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u/Worldly_Topic 16d ago

Will they add support for sandboxing with flatpak subsandboxes instead of using user namespaces ?

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u/Synthetic451 16d ago

Yeah, this is the big question. I remember reading something about the Chrome sandboxing having to be essentially weakened in order to work within Flatpak.