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luciusDXL / TheForceEngine

Modern "Jedi Engine" replacement supporting Dark Forces, mods, and in the future Outlaws.
https://TheForceEngine.github.io
GNU General Public License v2.0
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[Linux] AppImage release #372

Closed kenderipa closed 1 week ago

kenderipa commented 7 months ago

Hello,

are you considering an AppImage release for the upcoming version 1.1? I consider it much better then Flatpak or Snap, since it doesn't pull a sandbox copy of Linux system, is very much portable and should also include all dependencies, thus allowing a user to run a lightweight system unburdened by hundreds of rarely used edge case packages.

kenderipa commented 7 months ago

@luciusDXL, what do you think?

vrement commented 7 months ago

Flatpak seems (not sure tho) already working on Steam Deck. AppImages are pretty bad for normal users: they would have to chmod +x it to make it executable and also AppImages don't update themselves (user has to download a package over and over again). Snap is similar self updating etc. and work well nowadays. #268

kenderipa commented 7 months ago

Flatpak seems (not sure tho) already working on Steam Deck. AppImages are pretty bad for normal users: they would have to chmod +x it to make it executable and also AppImages don't update themselves (user has to download a package over and over again). Snap is similar self updating etc. and work well nowadays. #268

There are several daemons and managers, that make updating AppImages really easy.

kenderipa commented 7 months ago

Also, if we're talking about Steam Deck, Steam allows AppAimages to be added as non-Steam games. That also probably makes them executable.

fpiesche commented 5 months ago

Steam also allows Flatpaks to be added as non-Steam games, to be fair ;) I have put together a Flatpak build that's mostly working and just needs a bit more tweaking that I'd be happy to make public with permission from the repo owners here.

nobodywatchin commented 5 months ago

Steam also allows Flatpaks to be added as non-Steam games, to be fair ;) I have put together a Flatpak build that's mostly working and just needs a bit more tweaking that I'd be happy to make public with permission from the repo owners here.

You should submit it as a PR on here, that would be fantastic!

kenderipa commented 1 week ago

Well, there's a third party AppImage now, so closed.