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[โ€“] soulsource@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah. Super annoying...

AppImage: It solves the problem of too many dependencies by introducing more dependencies.

[โ€“] sleepyTonia@programming.dev 4 points 3 months ago

I hate that they're basically Windows-style free-for-all executable installers brought over to Linux as if that's a pleasant or safe user experience in any way. I've also had a few annoying experiences with programs packaged that way and I'd much rather just get a zipped version of the game executable and asset files. Works just fine for basically every Linux game I've downloaded from Itch.