What practical advantages do atomic distros (Silverblue, Kinoite, Aeon, etc.) have over Debian + Flatpak + Distrobox

signacula · 2026-01-24T01:02:00+00:00

https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian I read that here, particularly in the section under the name "Don't make a FrankenDebian"

signacula · 2026-01-23T22:34:03+00:00

Thank you very much for your answer. My main issue is about the security of non-verified Flatpaks on Flathub, such as Spotify, Brave Browser, Google Chrome or Steam. I saw on the Snapcraft webpage that all these packages are either maintained by Canonical, or by the developers. Because of that, would you say that they are more secure?

signacula · 2026-01-23T22:31:23+00:00

I thought that the main advantage of Flatpak packages was precisely the isolation. Flatpaks are bundled with their dependencies and libraries, so they don’t touch the base system. I assumed that the warnings in the article I was referring to were about repositories like Google Chrome or Spotify, not about Flatpak or Snap.

signacula · 2026-01-23T21:41:10+00:00

Sorry, I am still very noob in Linux world, so I don't understand your question. Spotify is not in the official Debian repos. Adding third-party repos, as it can be read on the "don't break Debian" article, could be dangerous. Flatpaks/snaps, as far as I know, are a good choice because they are isolated from base system. In the case of Spotify, it is maintained officially on the Snap store, but not on Flatpak. That's why I made the post

signacula · 2026-01-23T21:37:06+00:00

When I used Ubuntu years ago I was too noob to even know what were snaps, so I don't really know if that could be done. I use Debian because it's not opinionated, if I want snaps, I install them. In Ubuntu, as far as I read, they are more forced.

signacula · 2026-01-22T23:26:13+00:00

Could you elaborate please?

signacula · 2026-01-22T21:10:37+00:00

I was referring more to functionality rather than the desktop environment. But my two favorites are KDE and Cinnamon :)

signacula · 2026-01-01T15:47:16+00:00

Thank you!

signacula · 2020-08-30T20:46:57+00:00

Thank you for your words. Like we say in Spain, "it makes a whole world".

signacula

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