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Re:Linus Torvalds Rants by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Saturday March 03, 2018 @11:58AM (#16510159)
Someday I really hope the Linux Desktop community pulls its head out of its ass and realizes that building their system the way they do and distributing software the way they do is the reason no one really cares about them. I mean ffs, even Linus can't distribute consistently runnable and stable binary software without completely bypassing all the distro stupidity.

As far as I'm concerned, choosing AppImage is just more evidence that Linus is a smart and practical dude who makes reasonable decisions.

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Re:Linus Torvalds Rants by stjohnswarts on Saturday March 03, 2018 @01:00PM (#16510536)
I sort of agree. I wouldn't use linux except for programming tasks unless the major distros like fedora and ubuntu had everything that I needed for the most part. Most people can't compile code and go off and figure out library issues if the build goes belly up.
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Re:Linus Torvalds Rants by em3rgent0rdr on Saturday March 03, 2018 @12:50PM (#16510490)
"even Linus can't distribute consistently runnable and stable binary software without completely bypassing all the distro stupidity"

Incorrect. AppImage is used to distribute Linus's Subsurface in distro-agnostic manner, by packaging all needed libraries with the binary.

Even Linus gives his endorsement, "This is just very cool." so that means a lot.

https://appimage.org

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Re:Linus Torvalds Rants by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Saturday March 03, 2018 @01:18PM (#16510646)
Somebody skipped the rest of my post, apparently.
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