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Investment is nice... but what are they actually investing in? Flatpak kinda works already. What are they planning on spending 500k on?
These articles are meant to be read, that's the premise of posting them.
Flatpak is a mature project and the best option that exists on GNU/Linux today, but its security and sandboxing features still trail behind those of well-funded proprietary platforms such as Android and iOS.
the best option
Big asterisk but ok
I mean you could read the linked blog post where they explain it
It's for security sandboxing features
who is Flatpak?
Third sentence:
Flatpak serves as the primary application distribution method for image-based operating systems including Fedora Silverblue, openSUSE Aeon, SteamOS, and GNOME OS. It is the preferred format for major ecosystems such as GNOME, KDE, and elementary.
How do you invest in a "package distribution method"?
Well they don't grow on trees, do they?
It would be crazy if packaging methods grew on trees lol. But a tree is technically also an investment anyway.
By giving them money?
Recruiting people, allocating resources like dedicated developers for a few months, putting money in infrastructure like CI and hosting resources, have programs in place to reward security issues and disclosures, etc.
There's a lot of places to use and invest money in open source.
You don't know the ~~in~~famous ~~hacker~~ packaging method named Flatpak?
no 😕