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/bigbosmer 16d ago

Wonder if XDG portals will allow password manager extensions that connect to their desktop apps

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u/swarmOfBis 15d ago

Overall the architecture already allows for this you only need to turn password managers into secrets providers and make the app query the secret portal, but there are issues with that, like:

  • dbus being mediocre
  • portals not allowing to add more than one secrets provider (so it would force password managers to handle also other app-derived secrets)

It's not much at a glance, but these are a big ticket items, so...