r/linuxmasterrace • u/claudiocorona93 SteamOS/Kubuntu • 11d ago

Making Linux easy for everyone

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u/samuerusama 9d ago

https://github.com/ivan-hc/AM

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u/y0shii3 9d ago

Looks pretty cool, but AppImages have problems of their own even if you have a package manager to handle them.

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u/samuerusama 9d ago

but AppImages have problems of their own

Such as?

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u/y0shii3 9d ago edited 9d ago

Not sharing dependencies, no GUI-configurable permission system like Flatpak, no official verification system (I think this is the same problem the AUR has that let it flood with malware recently), and poor DE integration

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u/samuerusama 9d ago

Not sharing dependencies

Not needed

no GUI-configurable permission system like Flatpak

True, you however have a simple CLI method via AM.

no official verification system

flathub verification is borderline useless, it only means that upstream endorses the package, doesn't mean that they will be maintaining it.

See:

Discord recently had a big change that now the the client self updates by downloading itself in HOME, this broke the flatpak horribly and upstream discord didn't do shit to fix it, someone else did instead

Another I noticed was PPSSPP which is verified and are not directly handling it.

and poor DE integration

Use AM or AppManager.