edit: It can’t send notifs :( https://lemmy.ml/comment/4138651

Is there a way to fix this? I am using an app called Superproductivity, it’s a productivity app where you can schedule tasks and keep track of them. Now, the trouble is, it won’t run in the background and it won’t send me notifications. This seems to be common for all Snaps I have installed, is there a way to solve this and make it notify me even when it’s not open?

Also, it also have an app image, do app images have the capacity to notify when they are not open? I have heard they can’t run in the background.

Thank you to everyone who try to help me here :)

  • d_k_bo@feddit.de
    2·
    1 year ago

    Containerized applications are applications run in isolated packages of code

    My main point is that a running AppImage isn’t isolated, it can access and modify any file that the user has the permission to. So theoretically, an AppImage could read and upload your ssh keys or put rm -rf ~ in your .bashrc.

    A Flatpak app on the other hand needs to either declare specific permissions in its manifest if it wants to e.g. access your home directory or use xdg-desktop-portal to ask for a permission at runtime. This can help when running proprietary/untrusted software or if you want to control what a program can do and what not.

    A more popular example are Android apps which are executed in a strict sandbox and need to ask for permission if they want to read your images, access your microphone etc.

    See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandbox_(computer_security)

    Note that there were some discussions about adding sandboxing to AppImages: https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit/issues/152

    • EfwisEnglish
      11·
      1 year ago

      So do snaps and flatpacks. And they are still consider containerized / sandboxed. Appimages are the predecessors to snap and flatpack. The only difference is unlike Appimages they got it right for the most part.

      Generally speaking the Appimages integrate with KDE better than all the other DE’s. The codes for Appimages are still containerized from the OS in general as defined in my last post.