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Re:That Time I Recreated Photoshop in C++ by marcodiego on Sunday March 16, 2025 @01:34PM (#43380696)
> no installers, no archives, no registry keys, no additional runtimes and a single executable file.

This is exactly the experience nowadays with AppImages.

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Re:That Time I Recreated Photoshop in C++ by Narishma on Sunday March 16, 2025 @05:19PM (#43382417)
AppImages still leave traces in your home directory. If you're luck it's just a dot file or folder that can easily be deleted but I've seen some that pollute a lot more.
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