[GoLUG] [GTALUG] Status of Debian and derivatives, or flatpak/appimage/snap discussion redux

[Ron]

Wayne wrote on 2025-11-28 12:31:

> There's also AppImage which carries the required dependencies with
> it and doesn't require other built-in modules like Flatpak or Snap
> do.

> For example, the image manipulation application GIMP is
> available as a single AppImage file at gimp.org. and the latest
> version runs without any other dependencies on even 'older' hardware
> or OSs. I've been using that and dozens of other AppImages for years
> with great success. They're a good way to run the latest version of
> something on older hardware.
For an AppImage to continue being "the latest version", does it require 
manual updating, or are they able to self-update?


Somehow I've rarely used them myself...