# Fat Stacks for Flatpaks

URL: /show/linux-unplugged/501/
> Robert McQueen shares the inside scoop on Flathub’s ambitious plans to create a universal app store for all distros—and we ask the hard questions.

- Show: [LINUX Unplugged](/show/linux-unplugged/)
- Episode: 501
- Date: 2023-03-12
- Hosts: chris, wes, brent
- Guests: robertmcqueen
- Duration: 01:15:55
- Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/f31a453c-fa15-491f-8618-3f71f1d565e5/933a0cb5-bd3b-40bb-851c-fb3a1ee45795.mp3



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### Episode Links

  * [LinuxFest Northwest 2023](https://linuxfestnorthwest.org/ "LinuxFest Northwest 2023") — October 20-22, 2023 at the Bellingham Technical College.
  * [Flathub in 2023 - Flathub Discourse](https://discourse.flathub.org/t/flathub-in-2023/3808 "Flathub in 2023 - Flathub Discourse") — We’ve been busy behind the scenes, so I’d like to share what we’ve been up to at Flathub and why—and what’s coming up from us this year.
  * [Robotic Tendencies » Flathub in 2023](https://ramcq.net/2023/03/07/flathub-in-2023/ "Robotic Tendencies » Flathub in 2023")
  * [Rule of Acquisition 57](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvFYBkesqGU&t=144s "Rule of Acquisition 57") — Good customers are as rare as latinum… treasure them.
  * [Fountain on Twitter](https://twitter.com/fountain_app/status/1633884163538575360 "Fountain on Twitter") — The veterans are dominating the charts as we celebrate some major milestones this week 👏
  * [Podcasting 2.0 Apps](https://podcastindex.org/apps?appTypes=app&elements=Value "Podcasting 2.0 Apps")
  * [Trayscale](https://github.com/DeedleFake/trayscale "Trayscale") — An unofficial GUI wrapper around the Tailscale CLI client.
  * [Trayscale on Flathub](https://flathub.org/apps/details/dev.deedles.Trayscale "Trayscale on Flathub")
  * [Pick: abcde](https://abcde.einval.com/wiki/ "Pick: abcde") — A Better CD Encoder
  * [A collection of abcde.conf files](https://www.andrews-corner.org/abcde/ "A collection of abcde.conf files")