For AI coding agents that need fast, lightweight sandboxing, three Docker alternatives have emerged: Podman, Bubblewrap (bwrap), and Firejail, each with different trade-offs. Podman offers daemonless,…
A developer reports that Flatpak apps disappear in Elementary OS 8.1 after certain package installations or repository additions. The developer shares a troubleshooting solution involving reinstalling…
GNOME-aligned AI assistant Newelle released version 1.4.5, adding integrated AI image generation support via Stable Diffusion and cloud models from OpenAI, Pollinations, and OpenRouter. The update als…
A proposed Flatpak-NG package format threatens to break compatibility with non-systemd Linux distributions, potentially alienating users who avoid systemd. The new format would rely on systemd-specifi…
Flathub, the primary repository for Flatpak applications, has banned the submission of apps containing AI-generated or AI-assisted code, documentation, or other content. The policy change, which also …
On May 29, 2026, Flathub maintainer Bart Piotrowski rewrote the Linux app store's generative AI policy to ban all applications containing AI-generated or AI-assisted code, documentation, or content. T…
Flathub, the primary repository for Flatpak applications, has implemented a new policy banning the use of AI-generated code and AI-assisted submissions for all applications, including manifests, build…
Flathub's infrastructure works, focusing on its CDN and caching layer, which relies on the American company Fastly as a key component. The author notes that while Fastly supports Flathub for free, thi…