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Fedora: Development Updates, Flatpak, and Flathub

Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 07, 2023,

updated Feb 07, 2023

Fedora Community Blog: Fedora Linux 39 development schedule

Fedora Linux 38 branches from Rawhide today. While there’s still a lot of work before the Fedora Linux 38 release in April, this marks the beginning of the Fedora Linux 39 development cycle. The work you do in Rawhide will be in the Fedora Linux 39 release in October.

With that in mind, here are some important milestones:

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Manage Flatpak App Permissions Easily with Flatseal - OMG! Linux

If you make frequent use of Flatpak apps and want a user-friendly front-end for managing app permissions, check out Flatseal.

Flatseal is a GTK-based tool for Linux desktops that (I think) makes it easier to tweak general permissions and security settings for all the Flatpak apps you have installed.

Fedora 38 Will Offer Full, Unfiltered Access to Flathub - OMG! Linux

The Fedora Engineering and Steering Committee (aka the folx in charge of approving changes to the RedHat-backed Linux distro) have OK’d the proposal to provide users with access to “Unfiltered Flathub” in the next release.

Update by Rianne Schestowitz

Fedora 38 to Offer Unrestricted Flathub Integration

The upcoming major release of Fedora will feature full access to Flathub and its apps. You see, back when Fedora 35 was released, the repo definition for Flatpak came pre-installed in the 'fedora-flathub-remote' package, and users did have the ability to enable third-party repositories to get access to Flathub apps. Even in the recent Fedora 37 release, there was partial support for Flathub via a filtered list that avoided proprietary, unofficial apps or ones with very strict licensing agreements.

Update by Rianne Schestowitz

Fedora 38 Will Offer Unfiltered Flathub Access Out of the Box

Fedora is a distro that has always been committed to providing users with the latest and most innovative software technologies. However, until now, its users have had some limitations when using Flathub. Fortunately, this will change with the next release, Fedora 38.