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		enriquto 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Future of Flatpak this is horrifying, and contrary to the very notion of what a "driver" should be

fc417fc802 7 months ago [–]

To be fair the graphics APIs are provided as libraries with as much as possible done in userspace. Sandboxing that without any coupling at all would likely require either new kernel APIs or highly questionable virtual memory shenanigans.

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