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Appimage is basically a linux port of the windows workflow where you download an exe file from random sites and run it. No update mechanism, no discovery, no in

Appimage is basically a linux port of the windows workflow where you download an exe file from random sites and run it. No update mechanism, no discovery, no install/remove mechanisms no sandboxing. Appimage is super cool for being able to quickly test builds of stuff but for software you actually use its not great. I have been using Fedora Silverblue for a few months now and using flatpak to install every gui tool and its been excellent. I use a tool called flatseal which lets me tighten or loosen permissions for apps based on what I need which has been awesome. I can just flat out disable networking on apps if I don't need the networked parts.

lawl 6y ago
> Appimage is basically a linux port of the windows workflow where you download an exe file from random sites and run it. No update mechanism, no discovery, no install/remove mechanisms no sandboxing. Not 100% true. See e.g. https://github.com/probonopd/go-appimage/blob/master/src/appimaged/README.md https://github.com/probonopd/go-appimage/blob/master/src/app... Since the AppImage format is always the same and not just a random .exe it is possible to build tools around them.