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[-] robbo@programming.dev 6 points 1 week ago

app images need to not be called app images. first time seeing it it sounds like some macos thing. but even still I don't see why they get compared so much to flatpak and snap when they are completely different.

[-] Samskara@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago

They serve the same purpose: Install software, that’s not in your distro‘s repository.

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