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minus-square@aksdblink17•6 months agoThere is actually a mechanism that allows distros to register the system level driver as flatpak extension, so the driver is available in the sandbox. Unfortunately, almost no distro uses that :-/
minus-squareLaggyKarlinkfedilink2•6 months agoThat though would make it break when the host system updates glibc, just like it does in snappy.
minus-square@AProfessionallinkEnglish2•6 months agoIts only really for nvidia which goes out of its way to be portable.
There is actually a mechanism that allows distros to register the system level driver as flatpak extension, so the driver is available in the sandbox. Unfortunately, almost no distro uses that :-/
That though would make it break when the host system updates glibc, just like it does in snappy.
Its only really for nvidia which goes out of its way to be portable.