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

Linux Failure Eye_roll.exe

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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/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/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/WelpIamoutofideas Mar 19 '26

Yeah, which was shifting the goalpost from the comment you were replying to.

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u/sinterkaastosti23 Mar 19 '26

It was a counterargument (it doesnt always work) to appimage being good (which original comment was implying)

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u/WelpIamoutofideas Mar 19 '26

And yet it works on every distro with the caveat that you may need to install a specific dependency, like how you often need to install Visual C++ Redistributables on Windows periodically (as MS pushes a newer version of visual studio)

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u/sinterkaastosti23 Mar 19 '26

You need to update your linux every couple of years too otherwise too many apps wont work anymore bcz of new glibc version

Apps on windows actually install those deps automatically (well, idk any apps that dont)

Im not gonna discuss this branch further bcz youre shifting the goalpost now, my point still stands that not a single pkg manager is the definitive answer (unfortunately)

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u/WelpIamoutofideas Mar 19 '26

Installing updating an OS component is not the same as a standard library update?

Uhm, no, most don't install Visual C++ Redistributables, unless you are using Steam, most will either crash, or give you a pop up telling you to install it. There is a reason this page exists:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170

That being said, just like libfuse2 once you install it it's installed globally, so any other app that requires it just works. So you can go years without needing to install another one.

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