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Right, it's just a binary. And if I'm installing an app, say Audacity, I would never go to GitHub and download the raw binary, because then I'd have to write th
by rom-antics 4y ago
Right, it's just a binary. And if I'm installing an app, say Audacity, I would never go to GitHub and download the raw binary, because then I'd have to write the desktop file by hand, and also the app would never get updated when new versions are released. Instead I use a package manager or Flatpak.
How are people keeping their AppImages updated?
- edflsafoiewq 4y agoI, on the other hand, want exactly that. I've never used a desktop file, and I want to control when and if I upgrade.
- eviks 4y agoYou can control when, if, and what, as a feature of a good package manager, no need to throw the baby of convenience with it
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 4y agoIf there had been an adopted standard for embedding icons in ELF, and if common Linux launchers had just been a menuized view of a folder structure, this would never have been a problem. But Linux Desktop has a nasty habit of adopting over engineered solutions instead of simple ones, especially if any other desktop OS is doing it that way.
- mikae1 4y ago> How are people keeping their AppImages updated? The only software I run as an AppImage is BitWarden (from the official GitHub repo[1]. It prompts to update itself when there's a new version which works very well. [1] https://github.com/bitwarden/clients/releases https://github.com/bitwarden/clients/releases