Linux @lemmy.ml IverCoder @lemm.ee 10 mo. ago

Nothing's definitely off in here

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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Let's trigger some peeps:

Is there a docker image available?
- Just give me the source code. Under GPLv3 of course.
- 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
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
- At the same time, it's like a Ford executive driving a Chevy. It looks wrong.
  
  More like a train conductor driving a car between their home and work.
  
  Knew a Porsche employee whose company car was a Beemer, so maybe it's not quite as rare as you think?
This is not really a competition. Options are good.
What's off? That looks like it might be useful.
- Tool for managing AppImages is distributed only as a flatpak.
  
  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.
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
- OK well I'm not sure where the AppImage "purists" and Flatpak "critics" are but I've not really encountered them.
  
  Tip: take a look at r/Linux and the Phoronix forums 😉
  
  Lucky you, those idiots are fucking everywhere!
- How is it compared to AppImageLauncher? That's what I've been using for a few things that only ship AppImage.
I bet the dev gets a lot of angry comments over that, a absolute hero!
I think we should just be happy it exists 😅
- indeed :)
Everytime they add a feature to AppImage, they just keep trying to recreate flatpak but worse.
It's a statement, it's about sending a message!
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
Wow, this is great! Thanks!

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