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Re:The Holy Grail of Linux Binary Compatibility: Musl and Dl... by account42 on Monday January 26, 2026 @06:57AM (#46764577)
That kind of defeats the point of an AppImage though - you could just as well have a tar archive with a c classic collection of binaries + optional launcher script.
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Re:The Holy Grail of Linux Binary Compatibility: Musl and Dl... by VadimPR on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @02:40AM (#46776662)
A single file is much better to manage on the eyes than a whole bunch of them, plus AppImages can be installed into the desktop using integration.
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