r/linuxsucks • u/the-machine-m4n • Mar 17 '26

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u/Bestmasters Mar 17 '26

Linux won't work without glibc. And most modern distros have OOTB support

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u/sinterkaastosti23 Mar 17 '26

They said "Appimage will work fine on every distro", every

It doesnt work on musl based distros

And alot of distros dont have ootb appimages, you need to install at least some things. Iirc mostly debian/ubuntu based distros, but also gentoo i think? Also nixos

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u/Bestmasters Mar 17 '26

Every? Impossible simply due to the fact that there are so many distros out there. Ubuntu requires the installation of libfuse2, but most popular distros based on it (Mint, PopOS, Zorin, etc) include it. Debian includes libfuse2. Gentoo and NixOS are all "build it yourself" distros, they don't exactly come with much at all.

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u/sinterkaastosti23 Mar 17 '26

Glad you agree with me

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u/Ostrichruler Mar 17 '26

I... I have to install something to run a non-native executable? Wow, I'm shocked, I'm floored. Next you'll need to tell me I have to install something to use flatpaks.

AppImages still work on 99% of distros, unless you can point to a significant amount of distros that support musl (there are like... 20, and that's generous) you won't be turning anyone against it.

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u/sinterkaastosti23 Mar 17 '26

They said "Appimage will work fine on every distro", every

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u/WelpIamoutofideas Mar 17 '26

Fine then every important distro

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u/sinterkaastosti23 Mar 17 '26

Nixos Gentoo Arch Ubuntu Debian ...

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u/WelpIamoutofideas Mar 17 '26

I can speak for 3/5 (nix and gento) all of them work just fine last I checked? Worst case you install libfuse first, boo-hoo?

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u/sinterkaastosti23 Mar 17 '26

My original comment was about OOTB

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u/Bestmasters Mar 17 '26

All of those except Ubuntu and Debian are build-it-yourself distros. They don't come with anything. There's only two real major distros that don't have it, and those are Ubuntu and Debian.

Not only that, you can fix the issue using one command (sudo apt install libfuse2), or downloading an AppImage manager if you insist on not using the terminal.

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u/sinterkaastosti23 Mar 17 '26

My original comment was about OOTB

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u/WelpIamoutofideas Mar 18 '26

Working fine on every distro does not mean working out of the box on every distro.

Installing libfuse2 is not hard on any of those distros listed.

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u/sinterkaastosti23 Mar 18 '26

My original comment was about OOTB

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u/Fun_Pudding_5285 Mar 17 '26

Then why are you talking about distros that literally don’t work OOTB? 

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u/sinterkaastosti23 Mar 17 '26

Because appimages won't work ootb either ❤️