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Re:Standard Notes – A notes app with a focus on longevity, p... by mikewhy on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @07:13PM (#13422841)
Anybody's guess.

Seriously, .deb or .rpm is okay, but what users will really want is a proper apt/rpm repository, which is for sure more effort.

I honestly prefer zip or AppImage. Distribution independent, and it's super easy to get auto updating in Electron.

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Re:Standard Notes – A notes app with a focus on longevity, p... by probonopd on Wednesday January 18, 2017 @12:25AM (#13424223)
Since an AppImage is just a compressed filesystem, you can also extract its content very similar to a zip file. But you then will miss out on the easy binary delta updates using AppImageUpdate, and have an extra step of unpacking, and will need more storage space.
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