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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Flatpack, appimage, snaps.. (leminal.space)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Appimage for me ticks all the boxes for cross distro package as its very portable, simple to run, what are devs trying to do when creating snaps and flatpack?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

But where to get the AppImages from? Who's maintaining? How to do Security Vulnerality Tracking for them?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Usually projects on github. Personally I use Appimages for things like Mypaint a digital drawing application, krita and most other KDE applications as to avoid all the dependency's KDE has in its eco system or at least to put them somewhere easier to manage