Going Linux #333 · One Installation File - Many Linux Distributions

Going Linux

Oct 20, 2017•15 min

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Episode description

At a listener's suggestion, we describe three new solutions that try to answer the age-old question, 'Why can Linux distributions not agree on how to install and application?' We describe Snap, AppImage and FlatPak.

Episode 333 Time Stamps
00:00 Going Linux #333 · One Installation File - Many Linux Distributions
00:15 Introduction
00:47 New Book: Using Ubuntu MATE and Its Applications
01:42 Why can Linux distributions not agree on how to install and application?
03:59 Snaps: Intro
05:31 FlatPaks: Intro
06:14 AppImages: Intro
07:02 Snap
08:58 AppImage
11:06 FlatPak
11:55 More details and how to create packages
12:07 Which should I use?
13:57 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe
14:54 End

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