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Signal AppImage now officially available for Linux (aboutsignal.com)
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[–] 6 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Nice move. AppImage makes distribution much simpler, especially for people who don't want to depend on a specific package manager.

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  • [–] 21 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    IMO flatpaks are a better option, appimages are just bringing people back to the insecure "find it on a website and download it" method of package management

    This is also one of the reasons why I dislike curl sh

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Flatpaks can be unsafe too though.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

    AppImage defended and used grossly outdated core component like FUSE2 for a long time, and comes with zero sandboxing by default.

    IMO, flatpak needs to improve in terms of security, but it is a strict improvement over AppImage.

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