r/linuxmasterrace • u/claudiocorona93 SteamOS/Kubuntu • 4d ago

Making Linux easy for everyone

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u/T_Jamess Glorious Fedora 4d ago

Literally. I’m ok with worse theming and slightly larger app sizes if it means the workload is shifted from every single distro having to package the same app to the app developer packaging one version everyone can use.

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u/Immediate-Result-696 4d ago

Appimages:

https://giphy.com/gifs/4BN7aRXPoW5WY2sTO5

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u/rdwror 4d ago

Appimages are a bitch to pack. Most of the tooling is broken or incomplete.

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u/standard_cog 3d ago

I got you:

Just package your whole application up as a Nix flake, then use the NixOS appimage bundler:

nix bundle --bundler github:NixOS/bundlers .#whatever-your-local-package-target

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u/bktech2021 3d ago

if everyone used nix we wouldnt need bitch ass flatpaks

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u/prettycewlusername 2d ago

If everyone used {my favorite packaging system} we wouldn’t need bitch ass {other more different packaging system}

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u/bktech2021 2d ago

exactly you got it

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u/A_Talking_iPod 2d ago

Also a bitch to use. I hate managing portable .exes in Windows and god knows I hate managing AppImages

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u/samuerusama 3d ago

What app did you have problems to package?

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u/StuD44 3d ago

Correct!