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  • Why do you consider AppImages as last resort?

    Mainly because you cannot manage them properly.

    Installing from the repos I have pacman, from the AUR I can use one of the various AUR helpers (most of them can forward repo package updates to pacman, so I really have just one command to update the system and all AUR packages).

    When making my own packages I usually also put them in the AUR (plus, it is super easy to do make an own package and put in in the AUR) – and from there an aUR helper takes care about updates. Flatpaks can also be updated very easy by just running one command.

    So: All of those have a specific location where they install and allow me to start them easily because they put a script/link somewhere in $PATH. All of those can be easily maintained and updated.

    Last time I checked, AppImages had none of those. Neither could I easily update all of them on my system, nor is there a dedicated location to place them, nor is there an “unified” (i.e. something in $PATH) way of starting them. I have to manually check for updates, re-download the whole thing, replace the current AppImage file in an arbitrary location.

    This is just how I do not want to maintain my programs.









  • I did. It misses (or missed?) most of the functionality I use with Openbox.

    • shading (rolling up) windows
    • “resistive” window borders
    • menu icons
    • pipe menus
    • freely bindable key-and-mouse combinations for window movement (including all buttons and including all 5 wheel directions/clicks)
    • customizeable decorations (no minimize/maximize buttons, for example, size, mouse interactions, etc.)
    • and some other minor issues.

    Especially the menu stuff makes me not wanting to use it. Since my Openbox menu uses icons for 100% of the entries and 95% of the menus come from pipe menus this is an absolute deal breaker.



  • 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.mltoLinux@lemmy.mlShould I switch to Wayland?
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    What are the advantages of Wayland?

    More modern and in some cases better performance (as if Xorg performance were bad … but hey)

    What are the disadvantages?

    Basically none of your current software works out of the box (you’ll need a special Xorg implementation that works with your Wayland implementation in order to run non-Wayland applications). Most applications are specific to your Wayland implementation instead of a general application that runs in all environments.

    why have/haven’t you made the switch?

    I did not find one single floating WM that is as good as Openbox for Xorg. Also: Screen recording with OBS is problematic in some constellations.