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> For macOS and Windows you basically have a model where you can go to a website, download a binary, install it, and it runs. We have already had this on Linux

> For macOS and Windows you basically have a model where you can go to a website, download a binary, install it, and it runs. We have already had this on Linux for years, it's called AppImage.

itvision 2y ago
You mean exceedingly rare apps that use it? Yeah. And they weigh in hundreds of megabytes, right, because they come with all the dependencies starting with glibc. Yeah, that will totally work and has been a smashing success. Except it never has.
- devops99 2y ago
  Drawio, Session, and SimpleX are three that use AppImage, just off the top of my head. > because they come with all the dependencies starting with glibc Good, because my system doesn't have glibc, by choice. > Yeah, that will totally work It's already working. > And they weigh in hundreds of megabytes My home connection is 2-gigabit symmetrical and the internal NVMe in my laptop is 4TB. So cry more poorfag.
  - itvision 2y ago
    I'll just leave this here, please argue with it: https://ludocode.com/blog/flatpak-is-not-the-future https://ludocode.com/blog/flatpak-is-not-the-future
    - devops99 2y ago
      The lack of deduplication, or more like avoiding duplication, of what are basically files in some of these implementations is a problem. But it's not a problem for me. It's also not a problem for most people. And it's not at all a problem next to the dumpster fire of closed source OS ; so ultimately there is no real problem. Yet, all of that is moot, because someone already solved the problem. But I'll wait until they publish their work to talk about it.
  - vunderba 2y ago
    > So cry more poorfag You need to dial down the hysterics by about 1000%, or alternatively you might want to head back to the YouTube comment section since your vernacular seems more appropriate for it.
tuna74 2y ago
Yeah, but you can't properly remove whatever you installed.

> For macOS and Windows you basically have a model where you can go to a website, download a binary, install it, and it runs. We have already had this on Linux for years, it's called AppImage.

itvision 2y ago

You mean exceedingly rare apps that use it? Yeah. And they weigh in hundreds of megabytes, right, because they come with all the dependencies starting with glibc. Yeah, that will totally work and has been a smashing success. Except it never has.

devops99 2y ago
Drawio, Session, and SimpleX are three that use AppImage, just off the top of my head. > because they come with all the dependencies starting with glibc Good, because my system doesn't have glibc, by choice. > Yeah, that will totally work It's already working. > And they weigh in hundreds of megabytes My home connection is 2-gigabit symmetrical and the internal NVMe in my laptop is 4TB. So cry more poorfag.
- itvision 2y ago
  I'll just leave this here, please argue with it: https://ludocode.com/blog/flatpak-is-not-the-future https://ludocode.com/blog/flatpak-is-not-the-future
  - devops99 2y ago
    The lack of deduplication, or more like avoiding duplication, of what are basically files in some of these implementations is a problem. But it's not a problem for me. It's also not a problem for most people. And it's not at all a problem next to the dumpster fire of closed source OS ; so ultimately there is no real problem. Yet, all of that is moot, because someone already solved the problem. But I'll wait until they publish their work to talk about it.
- vunderba 2y ago
  > So cry more poorfag You need to dial down the hysterics by about 1000%, or alternatively you might want to head back to the YouTube comment section since your vernacular seems more appropriate for it.

tuna74 2y ago

Yeah, but you can't properly remove whatever you installed.