What does it have over Docker? On Sun, Feb 26, 2017 at 12:59 PM, René Dudfield <ren...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Interesting! Looking forward to checking it out. > > On Sun, Feb 26, 2017 at 8:47 PM, Thomas Kluyver <tak...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I spent a while today playing with Flatpak, a new system for packaging >> sandboxed applications on Linux. The result is an example that can build >> and install Pygame's Aliens example game: >> >> https://github.com/takluyver/pygame-flatpak-test >> >> If you're running Fedora 24+, Ubuntu 16.10 (might need a PPA?) Debian >> testing/unstable or Arch, you can install Flatpak and try it out. >> >> This is quite rough at the moment, but I think it has good potential for >> distributing games to Linux users in the future. It looks like [1] Flatpak >> is on its way to becoming the default cross-distro app distribution >> mechanism for desktop Linux. >> >> The big improvement I'd like to make is building a dedicated Flatpak >> 'runtime' for pygame, including a newer version of Python - the base >> runtime I'm using at present has Python 3.4. >> >> Thanks, >> Thomas >> >> [1] https://kamikazow.wordpress.com/2017/02/09/adoption-of-flatp >> ak-vs-snap/ >> > > -- Linkedin <https://www.linkedin.com/in/charles-cosse> | E-Learning <http://www.asymptopia.org>
