cplusplus to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-229 days agoWhy Veracrypt not in flatpak?message-squaremessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down124
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minus-squareLemongrab@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·29 days agoYou can give a Flatpak the necessary permissions to modify disks. All the permissions needed by Veracrypt could be granted.
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·29 days agoI haven’t used veracrypt to encrypt linux system partitions. Does it do all the decryption in user space somehow?
minus-squareReversalHatchery@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·29 days agoand then what’s the benefit of having veracrypt as a flatpak package? that it can be used with older dependencies? if so, is that a good thing to have for things that modify system startup?
You can give a Flatpak the necessary permissions to modify disks. All the permissions needed by Veracrypt could be granted.
I haven’t used veracrypt to encrypt linux system partitions. Does it do all the decryption in user space somehow?
and then what’s the benefit of having veracrypt as a flatpak package? that it can be used with older dependencies? if so, is that a good thing to have for things that modify system startup?
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