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- Flatpak programs can be installed system-wide or just for a single user.
- There have been no known cases of malware from flathub, but the usual disclaimers of downloading programs applies.
- Flatpak packages are often maintained by community members.
- "Verified" only means that the devlopers of that software are the ones maintaining that package.
- "Verified" only means that the developers of that software are the ones maintaining that package.
### Graphical Package Management
There are a number of graphical programs that allow you to install, update and otherwise manage the software on your computer.
They still use your package manager to preform actions under the hood, but they provide a nice graphical interface to do so.
#### Discover
Discover by KDE is the graphical software manager for KDE Plasma Desktop.
Adding Flatpak support and the Flathub software repository may be desirable for desktop users, especially on a distribution like debian where all the software tends to stay on older versions for the sake of absolute stability.
You can add Flatpak support and the Flathub repository with the following steps (tested on debian 13):
1. Open Discover and select the Settings tab
2. At the bottom under "Missing Backends" click the install button next to the "Integrates Flatpak Applications into Discover"
3. Once the install is complete you can close and reopen Discover and at the top of settings you should now see "Add Flathub", if not log out and back in. Click this button.
4. Log out and back in, or restart. You should now see flatpak apps, and have the option to install the flatpak version of exisiting apps.
5. If you wish, under settings you can select "Make Default" next to Flatpak, to always install from flatpak when available.
Note: Flathub packages are not verified for usability or security by the debian maintainers. This is usually not any issue, but something to be aware of. See [above](#flatpak) for more info.
## Immutable OS
There are now some Linux Distrobutions which are refered to as "Immutable"