If you have to choose between using an App Image, from the developpers official site or an AUR package (or apt e.g), what do you choose?

  • Fatur_NewEnglish
    1•4 days ago

    Yes, you’re missing something. AppImage’s portable config feature can also make you use your config on other drive. You don’t need to symlink your config to ~/.config. you can use your config directly on your other drive

    • @brax@sh.itjust.works
      1•3 days ago

      Yeah, but why would I want to do that? I don’t understand what problem this is solving…

      The benefit is that I can save a fraction of a second by not having to symlink a config file… At the cost of having to use a bloated app system?

      • Fatur_NewEnglish
        2•3 days ago

        I don’t understand what problem this is solving…

        AppImage’s portable config feature is very useful if you use live usb, and AppImage’s portable config feature makes your ~/ clean from scattered application configs

        • @brax@sh.itjust.works
          1•1 day ago

          Ah ok, now that makes a bit more sense. Yeah, I guess for the sake of app portability, appimages and the like do make a lot of sense.