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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by IverCoder@lemm.ee to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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Not that it's bad. For me, it's actually very useful, I just find it mildly amusing that an app for managing AppImages is packaged as a Flatpak, despite the two formats being widely known as competitors*.

* Okay, most people (including me) would say that the two formats are for different use cases and aren't directly competitors, but for the eyes of a lot of AppImage purists and Flatpak critics, they are.

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[-] Norgur@kbin.social 69 points 2 years ago

Let's trigger some peeps:

Is there a docker image available?

[-] 30p87@feddit.de 20 points 2 years ago

mqdefault

Just give me the source code. Under GPLv3 of course.

[-] bitwolf@lemmy.one 4 points 2 years ago

May I interject for a moment. What you are referring to as a Docker Image is actually an Open Container.org Image or OCI.... Continues stallman quote

[-] BRINGit34@lemmygrad.ml 46 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

What's off? It's an app for managing appimages that is hosted on flathub. Just because it is a flatpak does not mean it can't manage appimages

edit: a word

[-] Kata1yst@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago

At the same time, it's like a Ford executive driving a Chevy. It looks wrong.

[-] rtxn@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago

More like a train conductor driving a car between their home and work.

[-] luciferofastora@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 years ago

Knew a Porsche employee whose company car was a Beemer, so maybe it's not quite as rare as you think?

[-] vis4valentine@lemmy.ml 34 points 2 years ago

This is not really a competition. Options are good.

[-] Mane25@feddit.uk 24 points 2 years ago

What's off? That looks like it might be useful.

[-] rikudou@lemmings.world 27 points 2 years ago

Tool for managing AppImages is distributed only as a flatpak.

[-] Mane25@feddit.uk 14 points 2 years ago

I mean they are two things that co-exist, it's not like they're in commercial competition. Flatpak itself is usually distributed as an RPM or deb.

[-] 10EXP@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

OP is mostly joking about the appimage utility not having an appimage itself

[-] IverCoder@lemm.ee 23 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Speaking of that app, I have been using it for some of my programs that are only available as an AppImage for sometime now and I can confirm it works really great.

Flathub link in case anybody's interested

[-] Mane25@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago

OK well I'm not sure where the AppImage "purists" and Flatpak "critics" are but I've not really encountered them.

[-] IverCoder@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

Tip: take a look at r/Linux and the Phoronix forums 😉

[-] 601error@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

I like and monetarily support Phoronix the news site, but the forums have some of the worst Linux users. Lots of people upset about the silliest things and confidently spouting incorrect nonsense.

[-] gamey@feddit.rocks 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Lucky you, those idiots are fucking everywhere!

[-] Rogueren@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago

How is it compared to AppImageLauncher? That's what I've been using for a few things that only ship AppImage.

[-] gamey@feddit.rocks 18 points 2 years ago

I bet the dev gets a lot of angry comments over that, a absolute hero!

[-] vikingtons@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

I think we should just be happy it exists 😅

[-] pc_admin@aussie.zone 5 points 2 years ago

indeed :)

[-] mojo@lemm.ee 13 points 2 years ago

Everytime they add a feature to AppImage, they just keep trying to recreate flatpak but worse.

[-] QuazarOmega@lemy.lol 9 points 2 years ago

It's a statement, it's about sending a message!

[-] rinaderp@wetdry.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

obviously good for the bit, but the serious reason why this exists is likely because it's a modern gtk app -> it's meant for gnome users / made by a gnome users -> gnome is all in on freedesktop/flathub -> these users can all expect to have flatpak availability as a common method of distribution -> therefore, release it as a flatpak, so these users who already have flatpak can more easily manage their appimage-only programs

[-] Perroboc@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Wow, this is great! Thanks!

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