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Why Flatpak Won and Snap and AppImage Didn't. - Cameron Knauff (youtube.com)
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[–] Hond@piefed.social 49 points 1 day ago (5 children)

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 29 points 1 day ago

I love flatpaks and your attitude

[–] NotSteve_@piefed.ca 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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 1 day ago

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

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day 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?