Simon McVittie

> > flatpak should `persist=.` as a default. > > `com.valvesoftware.Steam` does this, and it has caused several weird issues in the past, so I don't think this would be...

This is already at the point where it's basically a "frequently asked question". > Debian has [update-alternatives](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/update-alternatives.1.html) to manage symlinks in the PATH when multiple packages provide the same command....

> I think this is a great proposal and would make my workflow much easier This is a community project. If you (or anyone else who commented or thumbs-up'd this...

This looks as though the X11 permission (`--socket=x11`) is not getting enabled correctly. Perhaps these apps have `--socket=fallback-x11`, and something detects a Wayland socket as being available, therefore does not...

Running with `flatpak run -vv com.github.tchx84.Flatseal` might help to see what is happening.

Right, what's happening here is as I suspected: * Normal GTK apps will try to use Wayland, fail, fall back to X11, and succeed * Most GTK Flatpak apps have...

> In the near future, will it be recommended to use ` run0 flatpak run` ? Thanks I doubt it. Flatpak apps are meant to be *less* privileged than your...

> Note that it's sometimes necessary to run baobab as root in order to read folders with restricted permissions. Please consider using something like GNOME gvfs's `admin://` to run the...

> I tried to manually inject the overlay library with `--env=LD_PRELOAD="/SOMEPATH/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/gameoverlayrenderer2.so:$LD_PRELOAD"` but that had no affect. To make this work, it would be necessary to make the overlay renderer LD_PRELOAD...

You don't necessarily *need* to use the `flatpak(1)` CLI: someone could write this as a separate tool that is linked to `libflatpak` (either directly in C/C++, or via a language...