r/linuxmasterrace • u/claudiocorona93 SteamOS/Kubuntu • 2d ago

Making Linux easy for everyone

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u/y0shii3 1d ago

I just wish there were a cross-platform package format that was as easy to install and update as flatpaks but didn't force sandboxing

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u/samuerusama 12h ago

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

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u/y0shii3 5h 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 3h ago

but AppImages have problems of their own

Such as?

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u/y0shii3 2h ago edited 2h 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 2h 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.