Re:Nix: An idea whose time has come
by southerntofu on Saturday February 19, 2022 @05:50AM
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> there must be a way for a user to fulfill the expectation that they can select "Linux" instead of "Mac" and "Windows" when downloading software
There's already established ways to do that such as AppImage, which has bonus points (compared to other solutions) for PGP signatures and differential (delta) upgrades. What's lacking is proper desktop environment integration for an ~/Apps folder like you have on MacOS where this pattern of one-file-per-app has been established for longer.
If you want to go one step further, 0install would make it possible to not even have to choose between "Mac", "Windows" and "Linux" on the download page, which is kind of amazing in a way.
There's already established ways to do that such as AppImage, which has bonus points (compared to other solutions) for PGP signatures and differential (delta) upgrades. What's lacking is proper desktop environment integration for an ~/Apps folder like you have on MacOS where this pattern of one-file-per-app has been established for longer.
If you want to go one step further, 0install would make it possible to not even have to choose between "Mac", "Windows" and "Linux" on the download page, which is kind of amazing in a way.