- a [[tool]].
  - [[packaging system]] [[distribution independent]]
  - [[pet peeves]]
    - It is frustrating to me you can search by name, e.g. `flatpak search projectm`, *and* install by name, e.g. `flatpak install projectm`, but *you can't run by short name*, that is, `flatpak run projectm` doesn't work.
      - This is made worse by the fact that `flatpak search projectm` may or may *not* show you the fully qualified name for the package; if your terminal is wide enough it will, but otherwise it will very unhelpfully take up a lot of the line to describe the package but mangle the fully qualifier identifier (what you need to pass to `flatpak run`) with an ellipsis.
      - I don't know of a good way to work around this currently. It seems like adding a `flatpak easyrun` command would be low hanging fruit? Just run the installed app that matches the search term, if there's exactly one?
    - By default flatpak apps are heavily sandboxed to the point they can't access files in your home directory.
      - That's... alright I guess if you care about security that much, but a bit of an unfriendly/unexpected user experience. It made me feel I was using a phone and not a "proper" computer I control.
      - Thankfully this led me to discover [[flatseal]], which is actually a great UI to manage sandbox permissions of all kinds per-app. I flipped the right access, restarted projectm, and I was able to load presents from my home directory :)