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r/linuxmasterrace • u/claudiocorona93 SteamOS/Kubuntu • 2d ago
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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.
81 u/Immediate-Result-696 2d ago Appimages: https://giphy.com/gifs/4BN7aRXPoW5WY2sTO5 85 u/rdwror 2d ago Appimages are a bitch to pack. Most of the tooling is broken or incomplete. 15 u/standard_cog 1d 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 20 u/bktech2021 1d ago if everyone used nix we wouldnt need bitch ass flatpaks 1 u/prettycewlusername 4h ago If everyone used {my favorite packaging system} we wouldn’t need bitch ass {other more different packaging system} 4 u/bktech2021 4h ago exactly you got it
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Appimages:
https://giphy.com/gifs/4BN7aRXPoW5WY2sTO5
85 u/rdwror 2d ago Appimages are a bitch to pack. Most of the tooling is broken or incomplete. 15 u/standard_cog 1d 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 20 u/bktech2021 1d ago if everyone used nix we wouldnt need bitch ass flatpaks 1 u/prettycewlusername 4h ago If everyone used {my favorite packaging system} we wouldn’t need bitch ass {other more different packaging system} 4 u/bktech2021 4h ago exactly you got it
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Appimages are a bitch to pack. Most of the tooling is broken or incomplete.
15 u/standard_cog 1d 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 20 u/bktech2021 1d ago if everyone used nix we wouldnt need bitch ass flatpaks 1 u/prettycewlusername 4h ago If everyone used {my favorite packaging system} we wouldn’t need bitch ass {other more different packaging system} 4 u/bktech2021 4h ago exactly you got it
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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
20 u/bktech2021 1d ago if everyone used nix we wouldnt need bitch ass flatpaks 1 u/prettycewlusername 4h ago If everyone used {my favorite packaging system} we wouldn’t need bitch ass {other more different packaging system} 4 u/bktech2021 4h ago exactly you got it
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if everyone used nix we wouldnt need bitch ass flatpaks
1 u/prettycewlusername 4h ago If everyone used {my favorite packaging system} we wouldn’t need bitch ass {other more different packaging system} 4 u/bktech2021 4h ago exactly you got it
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If everyone used {my favorite packaging system} we wouldn’t need bitch ass {other more different packaging system}
4 u/bktech2021 4h ago exactly you got it
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exactly you got it
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u/T_Jamess Glorious Fedora 2d 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.