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		vetinari on Feb 15, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why has Plan 9 chosen statically linked binaries i... With flatpak, you can update the runtime (a bundle of libraries) independently of the app, so you can swap out a library with a vulnerability without recompiling.

IshKebab on Feb 15, 2019 [–]

That's not why runtimes exist though - it's too save disk space.

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