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Flatpak Doesn’t Work in Ubuntu 25.10 [Now Fixed]

Flatpak installs are failing in Ubuntu 25.10 with revokefs-fuse unmount errors. Here's what's causing it, why it's not a intentional, and when a fix is coming

10 October 2025

Flatpak 1.16 Improves USB Access, Wayland Integration & Accessibility

A new stable release of Flatpak is out with a wealth of improvements in tow. Flatpak 1.16.0 is the first stable release in the new 1.16.x series, coming more than two years after the Flatpak […]

14 January 2025

Warehouse Makes Managing Flatpak Apps on Ubuntu Easy

Flatpak is no longer just a promising format whose potential lay in the far future – it’s already the go-to way for developers to package and distribute their software on Linux, including to those of […]

21 November 2024

Linux Mint Will Hide Unverified Flatpaks in Software Manager

The Software Manager app in Linux Mint 22 will deliver faster start-up times and introduce a significant security safeguard for search results. As you may know (and if you don’t, what’s living on Mars like? […]

3 June 2024
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Flatpak Fans Will Want to Install This Neat New Tool

Flatpak fans will want to check out Warehouse. Warehouse is new GTK4/libadwaita tool that makes it easy to manage Flatpak apps and Flatpak remotes (e.g., Flathub, GNOME Nightly, etc) on Linux desktops. What makes it […]

8 October 2023

Hot Topic: Uhh, All Ubuntu Flavors Have Agreed to Not Use Flatpak

Flatpak will no longer feature in the default install of Ubuntu's 8 official flavors, with devs agreeing to only support deb and snap software OOTB.

22 February 2023
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Plex’s New Linux Apps Arrive on Flathub

Plex's media streaming apps are now available for Linux users to install from Flathub, the cross-distro App Store for Flatpak apps after debuting as Snaps.

10 June 2022
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Ubuntu Founder Explains Why Distro Won’t Support Flatpak

Ubuntu's founder pours cold water on the question of Ubuntu desktop supporting Flatpak, the fast-growing and popular open source packaging format.

22 April 2022

Ubuntu MATE 22.04 Will Include Flatpak Support by Default

Flatpak support will be included in Ubuntu MATE 22.04 out of the box — making it the first official Ubuntu flavour to offer it. All Ubuntu flavours ship with Snap support preinstalled as well the […]

4 February 2022
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How to install Flatpak on Ubuntu: Step-by-step guide

Learn how to install Flatpak on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS or later to access hundreds of Flatpak apps available on Flathub — it's easier than you think!

30 December 2021
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Is Souk the Flatpak App Store Experience We’ve Been Waiting For?

A slick new storefront to find and install Flatpak apps? Count me in! Souk is a new, independent Flatpak manager built in GTK 4 & Rust – and it looks epic!

9 December 2020
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An Official Firefox Flatpak is on the Way

With the Firefox 74 release out of the way Mozilla developers now turning their attention towards Firefox 75, scheduled for release in the early part of April. While Firefox 75 will (obviously) ship with new […]

10 March 2020