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Re:Solo – a .so loader for static Linux binaries by ChocolateGod on Wednesday August 19, 2026 @03:51AM (#49358363)
> So far, AnyLinux-Appimages seem to be a mature solution with great support from the developers, in case anyone lands here for packaging applications to run on older distros.

The Linux ecosystem already settled on containers to solve the problem. Namely Docker, Flatpak, Podman ec.

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Re:Solo – a .so loader for static Linux binaries by Samueru on Wednesday August 19, 2026 @01:46PM (#49364735)
https://github.com/pkgforge-dev/Anylinux-AppImages/blob/main...

Wanna see those containers running in those old systems. Good luck getting flatpak to run on a kernel without PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS.

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Re:Solo – a .so loader for static Linux binaries by ChocolateGod on Friday August 21, 2026 @10:20AM (#49388522)
> kernel without PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS

So basically no mainstream distro.

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Re:Solo – a .so loader for static Linux binaries by analog_daddy on Wednesday August 19, 2026 @02:23PM (#49365233)
They require admin privileges. A consumer on an enterprise servers might not have them, which is where I would guess glibc might not be latest one. If you are an admin then sure those solutions can be feasible.
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Re:Solo – a .so loader for static Linux binaries by ChocolateGod on Friday August 21, 2026 @10:18AM (#49388480)
You don't need admin for Flatpak, Podman etc.
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