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Speaking of that app, I have been using it for some of my programs that are only available as an AppImage for sometime now and I can confirm it works really great.
Flathub link in case anybody's interested
OK well I'm not sure where the AppImage "purists" and Flatpak "critics" are but I've not really encountered them.
Lucky you, those idiots are fucking everywhere!
Tip: take a look at r/Linux and the Phoronix forums 😉
I like and monetarily support Phoronix the news site, but the forums have some of the worst Linux users. Lots of people upset about the silliest things and confidently spouting incorrect nonsense.
How is it compared to AppImageLauncher? That's what I've been using for a few things that only ship AppImage.