On computers managed by Technology Services - Engineering IT, Flatpaks offer users a way to install some desktop applications without the need for root access to the machine. Some popular applications available as Flatpak applications include Visual Studio Code, Spotify, Slack, and VLC.
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While the Flathub administrators prefer that Flatpak applications distributed through their repository be authored by the program’s original author(s), that is not always the case. Some Flatpak applications are community-maintained. Before installing a Flatpak from Flathub, you can check who has contributed to it from the applications page of Flathub. Near the bottom of the page for every application page on the Flathub website is an “Additional Information” section.
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Click Clicking on the “See details” link (under Publisher) , this will take you to the GitHub repository that Flathub uses to build Flatpak applications before distributing. The page the link takes you to will list all contributors to the Flatpak build of the program.
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