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this post was submitted on 12 Mar 2026
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Why do you keep appimages? I don't do that and now I'm wondering if I do something wrong. But I try to install from repos as much as possible.
The appImage is the program. If you don't keep it, you don't have the program.
I'm sorry, I was an idiot. I thought appimages are debs when I made the comment.
I've used one or two tools that only distribute for my system as an appimage or as source code.
I can't always be bothered to set up a compilation environment or deal with removing dependencies.
I only use one or two regularly, but it's nice to have them integrated!
I prefer from the distro's repos, then source, then flatpack, then appimage. Sometimes you have to take what you can get!