• 1995ToyotaCorolla@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      I mean, can’t you just package your app in flatpack or even snap? Bam, your app works on 99% of distributions for little effort. That’s what Spotify does, and I’d argue they have even less incentive to support Linux than proton does

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        10 months ago

        Sure, as long as you don’t need any integration with other software, don’t need arbitrary IPC, and actually keep some dependencies in line with some common denominator because there’s only so much you can do with static linking (oh excuse me, distributing the shared libraries in the same package as your binaries as if it’s a new thing) once it reach the “program must actually run” part.

        Flatpack and every other similar solution that are described as “works everywhere” always come with a heck of limitations.

      • セリャスト@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        10 months ago

        He also answered this claim, it is right for apps that aren’t stuff like Proton VPN that can’t work in a sandboxed environment. They are working on it iirc