Published May 4, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT My love for computers started with a trusty Compaq back in 2005, and I haven't looked back since. This had me graduate into being an avid tinkerer, even if I end up soft-bricking stuff most of the time. I do also love video games. Flatpaks have grown to become tremendously popular over time, cementing themselves as a somewhat universal standard for app installations. There’s a lot to like here as well — and installing them is super convenient, being supported across major Linux distributions. Flatpaks also offer a certain degree of “security” by running in what essentially is a sandboxed environment. In other words, the Flatpak-ed applications run in a separate container that maintains some degree of isolation from the system. That being said, these app bundles also come with a plethora of issues, including a few security risks. Managing these permissions is kind of a hassle otherwise — unless you use a very simple GUI tool to manage it extensively.…