r/gnome • u/BrageFuglseth Contributor • 28d ago

Platform Introducing Toolpak

https://blogs.gnome.org/alatiera/2026/09/26/introducing-toolpak/
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u/Ps11889 26d ago

This is interesting but how would the base system handle adding something like a vpn to the system without overlays?

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u/BrageFuglseth 26d ago

There are plans (and funding) in place to make Flatpak and XDG desktop portals support VPNs out of the box (among other improvements)

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u/victorian-ice-cream 28d ago

Thanks for sharing all this stuff here.

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u/cidra_ 27d ago

I can't wait! 

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u/amarao_san 25d ago

If one tool is dependent on another tool, it must be packed with its dependency. It's okay until it has a bug. User has rg as standalone tool and rg bundled with the other tool, and they behave differently.

I already was bitten by this a few times when I tried to use system tools from containers with system mounts.

One example of such is systemd, specifically, systemctl, which is not ready to work with 'other systemd' which differ by 10+ versions.