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Why Flatpak Won and Snap and AppImage Didn't. - Cameron Knauff (youtube.com)
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[-] Hond@piefed.social 52 points 3 weeks ago

I fucking love appimages. I dont have any issues with Flatpak. I just like appimages more and i can get them for almost all of my stuff. So idk if flatpaks won. But i also dont care.

[-] illusionist@lemmy.zip 30 points 3 weeks ago

I love flatpaks and your attitude

[-] NotSteve_@piefed.ca 8 points 3 weeks ago

AppImages are great! It reminds me a lot of how software is packaged on MacOS and I think it hits that perfect trifecta of powerful, simple, and easy to use

[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 5 points 3 weeks ago

yeah my use case is lift and shift so appimage is what I use.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

AppImages integrate better, but despite including roughly the same amount of overhead bullshit as a flatpak, have been less reliable for me overall. Flatpaks are too isolated, even when they're supposedly installed properly.

What the fuck happened to distro packages? .rpm, .deb?

this post was submitted on 12 Mar 2026
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