<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 9:44 AM Glenn K0LNY <<a href="mailto:glennervin@cableone.net" target="_blank">glennervin@cableone.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Will the end user notice any
difference?</font></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>If setup correctly, not really. It looks and works the same.</div><div><br></div><div>As to the "if setup correctly" part, since flatpaks run in a sandbox/container, you have to tell it what access it has to the host system, for instance, for the chirp flatpak: </div><div><br></div><div> "finish-args": [<br> "--share=ipc",<br> "--share=network",<br> "--socket=x11",<br> "--socket=wayland",<br> "--filesystem=home",<br> "--device=all"<br></div><div><br></div><div>The ipc, x11, and wayland are needed for a GUI application (you can have command line flatpaks as well), the network is needed for downloading things ike Radio Reference, "home" gives the application access to the home directory and "device=all" is needed for access to serial ports. </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Richard</div></div></div>