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Please create an AppImage for QTodoTxt #30

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MichaelTunnell opened this issue Jun 3, 2017 · 1 comment
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Please create an AppImage for QTodoTxt #30

MichaelTunnell opened this issue Jun 3, 2017 · 1 comment

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@MichaelTunnell
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MichaelTunnell commented Jun 3, 2017

http://appimage.org/

" Distribute your desktop Linux application in the AppImage format and win users running all common Linux distributions. Package once and run everywhere. Reach users on all major desktop distributions."

AppImages can now be created via the Open Build Service from openSUSE so the effort involved in maintaining an AppImage is even lower now.

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Providing an AppImage would have, among others, these advantages:

  • Applications packaged as an AppImage can run on many distributions (including Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE, CentOS, elementaryOS, Linux Mint, and others)
  • One app = one file = super simple for users: just download one AppImage file, make it executable, and run
  • No unpacking or installation necessary
  • No root needed
  • No system libraries changed
  • Works out of the box, no installation of runtimes needed
  • Optional desktop integration with appimaged
  • Optional binary delta updates, e.g., for continuous builds (only download the binary diff) using AppImageUpdate
  • Can optionally GPG2-sign your AppImages (inside the file)
  • Works on Live ISOs
  • Can use the same AppImages when dual-booting multiple distributions

Here is an overview of projects that are already distributing upstream-provided, official AppImages.

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