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Re:Thunderbird 102 by yellowapple on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @08:33PM (#31915001)
> On other platforms (Windows, macOS, Android, iOS) it’s fairly common to distribute GUI apps as a single binary so you don’t need an army of package maintainers.

You can do this on Linux, too, be it by compiling a static binary or bundling everything as an AppImage or what have you.

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Re:Thunderbird 102 by hilbert42 on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @11:40PM (#31916212)
So why isn't it do more widely when it would convenience many users?

Frankly, I find it annoying that it isn't done as a matter of course.

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Re:Thunderbird 102 by hilbert42 on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @06:00AM (#31918195)
Typo sorry, it's 'done' not 'do'.
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Re:Thunderbird 102 by yellowapple on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @06:57PM (#31926745)
I agree. Thankfully, enough others agree that there are AppImages and other single-file executables for all sorts of Linux software.
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