> 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

> 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.