Comment by perryh2 3 years ago Are these Linux app distribution problems solved by using Flatpak? 5 comments perryh2 Reply entropicdrifter 3 years ago Most of them are, yes. AppImage also solves this, but doesn't have as robust of an update/package management system edflsafoiewq 3 years ago AppImage is basically a fancy zip file. It's still completely up to you to make sure the thing you put in the zip file will actually run on other people's system. akvadrako 3 years ago Yeah, their Linux guy obviously didn't know what he was doing. Shared404 3 years ago Google Earth was released in 2001, and Flatpak in 2015. That's a 14 year window of time in which this wasn't an option. zsims 3 years ago Flatpack only came out in 2015
entropicdrifter 3 years ago Most of them are, yes. AppImage also solves this, but doesn't have as robust of an update/package management system edflsafoiewq 3 years ago AppImage is basically a fancy zip file. It's still completely up to you to make sure the thing you put in the zip file will actually run on other people's system.
edflsafoiewq 3 years ago AppImage is basically a fancy zip file. It's still completely up to you to make sure the thing you put in the zip file will actually run on other people's system.
akvadrako 3 years ago Yeah, their Linux guy obviously didn't know what he was doing. Shared404 3 years ago Google Earth was released in 2001, and Flatpak in 2015. That's a 14 year window of time in which this wasn't an option. zsims 3 years ago Flatpack only came out in 2015
Shared404 3 years ago Google Earth was released in 2001, and Flatpak in 2015. That's a 14 year window of time in which this wasn't an option.
Most of them are, yes. AppImage also solves this, but doesn't have as robust of an update/package management system
AppImage is basically a fancy zip file. It's still completely up to you to make sure the thing you put in the zip file will actually run on other people's system.
Yeah, their Linux guy obviously didn't know what he was doing.
Google Earth was released in 2001, and Flatpak in 2015. That's a 14 year window of time in which this wasn't an option.
Flatpack only came out in 2015