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minus-squarePlexSheep@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoAppimage is better for cli apps. Different purposes. Neovim appimage is very useful
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoAppimage is broken in many ways. Use a container
minus-squarePlexSheep@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoI’ve never had problems with appimage, and for me, containers are for my servers. I don’t want stateless, sandboxed applications for my workstations. In what ways is it broken?
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoContainers don’t need to be stateless. I use Distrobox to create environments that I run my software in. Podman is the best for Distrobox but it can use the docker backend as well.
Appimage is better for cli apps. Different purposes. Neovim appimage is very useful
Appimage is broken in many ways. Use a container
I’ve never had problems with appimage, and for me, containers are for my servers. I don’t want stateless, sandboxed applications for my workstations.
In what ways is it broken?
Containers don’t need to be stateless. I use Distrobox to create environments that I run my software in. Podman is the best for Distrobox but it can use the docker backend as well.