AppImage: Linux apps that run anywhere

Re:AppImage: Linux apps that run anywhere by takluyver on Saturday February 27, 2016 @12:43PM (#11187777)

xdg-app looks good, but I think we're still at least a couple of years away from the point where a developer can use xdg-app to reach the majority of desktop Linux users. That's a long time in software development terms.

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Re:AppImage: Linux apps that run anywhere by ugos on Saturday February 27, 2016 @09:19PM (#11189493)

You're surely right, but to me the important aspect is not only to make a package that run everywhere but also bring the mobile security scheme to desktop ie have apps that are sandboxed and run on top of a well-defined runtime with well-defined APIs. In that sense Xdg-Apps have a bigger mission that AppImage so maybe we can't really compare them

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Re:AppImage: Linux apps that run anywhere by jononor on Sunday February 28, 2016 @05:46PM (#11192759)

You can ship xdg-app + your app in the meantime? Consider it a 'polyfill'. Some best practices around this would be great.

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