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

[Wayne]

They can be built to auto-update by the packager, though only a few of the apps I use do. One example is the Jitsi-Meet Appimage. It checks when launched and downloads the current version if needed. Kinda slick.

https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron/releases/latest/


On 11/28/25 12:59 PM, Ron wrote:
> 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...
> 
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