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>Regular users on linux should be using their package manager to install new software.

Unfortunately not at all feasible for a small dev releasing software on Linux. The choice is either to support 15 different package managers yourself (including QA!) or just hope that the community gets it right.

I eventually refused to support any user who didn't download the AppImage directly from my GitHub page because the distro-specific versions would frequently break.



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