Dedoimedo posted a review on Flatpak, a software deployment and package management framework, running in CentOS 7.4
Self-contained app mechanisms are gaining traction in the Linux world. A workaround to multi-distro fragmentation, frameworks like Snap, AppImage and Flatpak seek to offer simple click-to-install, click-to-use software management to common users. Every now and then, I do some extra rigorous testing, to see whether the new approach makes sense, and whether it's masses ready.CentOS and Flatpak - Are we there yet?
To that end, spurred by a recommendation from a reader, I set about testing Flatpak in CentOS 7.4. I've recently updated my CentOS instance on the G50 laptop, and I'm always trying my best to keep this distro relevant, modern and elegant, like adding the latest 4.x family of kernels. We've also seen how to add latest software to the distro, but now let's try taking it to the very edge of bleeding with Flatpak. After me.
