flatpak packaging

[devkral]

It would be nice to have theia as a flatpak package

[devkral]

I think we can use this flatpak definition as base:
https://github.com/flathub/com.visualstudio.code.oss

[vince-fugnitto]

Thank you for the issue, please see relevant discussions about providing a vanilla distribution here:

• Set up CI system to create desktop installer of vanilla Theia #5481

Please also note that discussions were previously had about including a flatpack example for application-developers to reference as part of theia-apps:

• Flatpak app theia-ide/theia-apps#341

[RasheedAZ]

Please also note that discussions were previously had about including a flatpack example for application-developers to reference as part of theia-apps:

* [Flatpak app theia-ide/theia-apps#341](https://github.com/theia-ide/theia-apps/issues/341)

That repo is archived so perhaps this issue here needs to be reopened? Thanks.

[exfat-matt]

It would be great if this was revisited. Flatpak has a number of technical advantages but the most important advantage it has is it is much more popular at this point.

[msujew]

Please continue discussion over at eclipse-theia/theia-ide#360 for this topic. This repo is reserved for the development of the underlying Theia framework.