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Re:Microsoft Is Putting Ads on the Mail App in Windows 10 by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Friday November 16, 2018 @05:09PM (#18472370)
Unfortunately that's a problem with they way Linux is structured, or rather it's lack of structure. There's no consistent base system that can be relied upon like you have with other platforms. The community seems unwilling to deal with this issue, some outright deny that it is an issue.

One thing that would be interesting would be to use flatpak "runtimes" to provide a target base system for AppImages, but I don't think that level of cooperation is actually possible within the Linux community.

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Re:Microsoft Is Putting Ads on the Mail App in Windows 10 by Spivak on Friday November 16, 2018 @07:19PM (#18473037)
cough LSB cough

I don't really think it's an issue though, if you really want portability you shouldn't rely on any software provided by the distribution unless you want to depend on that specific distro.

Flatpak runtimes are basically interchangeable base systems, it seems silly to commit to any one in particular when you can use any number in parallel.

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