Flatpak 1.16.2 was released today as the latest stable version of this popular Linux application sandboxing and distribution framework and the first maintenance update to the Flatpak 1.16 series.

Coming more than seven months after Flatpak 1.16.1, the Flatpak 1.16.2 update is here to enable the Video Acceleration API (VA-API) extension for Intel Xe GPUs, support the “reinstall” option on bundle installations, allow cancellation for cURL downloads, and support for using sudo for changing the user.

Flatpak 1.16.2 also fixes an issue where the home directory would accidentally be accessible when a bad version of the GNU C Library (Glibc) is in use, the app has access to a standard XDG directory, and that directory is not available on the system.