This would make Linux a hundred times more usable and less prone to autodestruction ( steam nuking the OS, freaking installing python…).
Appimages are the closest thing we have of working .exe files, but it saw almost no adoption and it’s dying because “not secure enough” or some other dumb reason. How hard is it to convert appimages into msi style installers that would unzip the app on some directory, notify the OS it got a new app, add a shortcut and uninstaller program ? I don’t care if it’s not secure, that’s what antivirus softwares are for. Even then, I basically only install cracked software and I didn’t have had a virus in years.
How hard is it to convert appimages into msi style installers that would unzip the app on some directory, notify the OS it got a new app, add a shortcut and uninstaller program ?
I think we can still have the security, integrity, and convenience advantages we have gained from package managers while still having a better approach to LTS releases, shared libraries, and up-to-date applications.
This would make Linux a hundred times more usable and less prone to autodestruction ( steam nuking the OS, freaking installing python…).
Appimages are the closest thing we have of working .exe files, but it saw almost no adoption and it’s dying because “not secure enough” or some other dumb reason. How hard is it to convert appimages into msi style installers that would unzip the app on some directory, notify the OS it got a new app, add a shortcut and uninstaller program ? I don’t care if it’s not secure, that’s what antivirus softwares are for. Even then, I basically only install cracked software and I didn’t have had a virus in years.
You described this almost verbatim: https://github.com/ivan-hc/AM
I think we can still have the security, integrity, and convenience advantages we have gained from package managers while still having a better approach to LTS releases, shared libraries, and up-to-date applications.