Flatpak 1.16 Linux App Sandboxing and Distribution Framework Officially Released

Posted by hanuca on Jan 10, 2025 8:21 AM EDT
9to5linux.com; By Marius Nestor
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Flatpak, the popular Linux application sandboxing and distribution framework, has been updated today to version 1.16, a major release that comes with new features and improvements.

Coming two and a half years after Flatpak 1.14, the Flatpak 1.16 release introduces the FLATPAK_TTY_PROGRESS environment variable to re-enable the terminal progress indicator escape sequences, support for compiling Flatpak using Meson instead of Autotools, and support for Flatpak apps to use Kerberos authentication without needing a sandbox hole.

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