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AppMan
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I'm sick of reading that among the disadvantages of AppImage is the lack of updates and a centralized repository!
I have been working on two CLI tools to install AppImage packages system wide and locall (they are AM and AppMan respectively). I've also written a website that acts as a catalog and a better source for downloading them all for real, https://portable-linux-apps.github.io !
- What’s the best way to install App Man, direct or via distrobox?
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After two years of development on "AM", AppMan and many Appimage packages... I'm seriously considering giving it all up
I started writing AM/AppMan two years ago, it was just a custom script to install and always keep any Appimage package I needed updated to the latest version. Then become something much bigger.
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How to add applications
AppMan, at https://github.com/ivan-hc/AppMan, a copy of "AM" but portable, it can install everything into a directory of your choice in your $HOME, no root privileges are required.
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Portable-Linux-Apps.github.io - a "work in progress" site were we can upload AppImages and other standalone applications for GNU/Linux
AppMan, a copy of AM but that allows you to choose where to install the apps in your HOME directory and without root access.
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Introducing AM and AppMan, two bash scripts that can install, update and manage all the AppImage packages and other standalone programs for GNU/Linux
https://github.com/ivan-hc/AM-AppMan ("AppMan", local integration only).
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What is the easiest way to create an AppImage from single executable file?
Hi, I'm the developer of AM and AppMan (AppImage managers), the first time I've created an AppImage I was inspired from this video of DistroTube YouTube Channel:
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Are there no more AppImages to add on "AM"? Are you serious?
AppMan itself is based on AM and uses additional lines in its script to convert the installation scripts from the database of "AM" to installation scripts that can work locally (without root privileges). If an application is not available for AM, that app is not available for AppMan.
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"AM" is more than just an AppImage Manager: do you have any standalone programs for GNU/Linux? "AM" will distribute and manage it for you!
"AM" Aplication Manager is not the only tool that can install your programs, it integrates them into the system by installing them in the /opt folder, but if you want these programs to be available only locally (ie without root privileges to install/remove them), I also created AppMan, which is able to meet this need of yours (it can convert all the scripts for "AM" to script that can install programs locally, into a folder named /$HOME/.opt.
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It's time to fork some good projects
appimage is a complete utility that can download and integrate AppImages locally (the way my AppMan utility can do, but better). It also allows selection if there are multiple items. I have tested it and solved some minimal issues about dependences and some errors I got, by doing the fork of this project, at https://github.com/ivan-hc/appimagedl, I've also included some additional instructions and customized the default directories managed by this script. You can also install it as a support tool trough "AM" (recommended) and AppMan (not recommended because both can use ~/.local/bin as a $PATH). To manage the updates is recommended to install appimageupdatetool (better if through one of my two tools);
Ventoy
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Tools for Linux Distro Hoppers
Ventoy is an open-source tool to create a bootable USB drive for ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files. Using Ventoy, we can create live USB for multiple distros in one flash disk. This is a revolutionary feature compared to other tools, e.g., Etcher, Rufus, etc, that can only create one live USB at a time. This tool is so important. Don't call yourself a distro hopper if you don't know this tool.
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Ventoy, Live USB multitool for you ISOs Collector
Ventoy
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Ventoy
I faced it too. There is a PR on the ventoy GitHub repository that fixes Proxmox boot.
Let me Google that for you.
https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy
That was hard.
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How to Boot ISO Files from GRUB2 Boot Loader
> While this works, I find this method a bit tedious to use, at least compared to Ventoy [0].
I find ventoy more tedious, because you can't use it on your hard drive with a sane partitioning scheme.
The only reason is because of how the ventoy detection hardcode the partition boundaries in its checks, and it means Ventoy can only run with the partitions set in a way that may lead to alignment issues like write-amplification: I've detailed that in https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/issues/1342
Ideally I'd have a 10G partition after the EFI (or it could even be the EFI itself) with a few ISOs for rescue purposes + a UEFI entry to avoid having to use a bootable USB, but that's not possible with Ventoy unless I accept Ventoy choices of partition boundaries:
(pMBR->PartTbl[0].StartSectorId != 2048 ||
While this works, I find this method a bit tedious to use, at least compared to Ventoy [0].
Ventoy allows you to create a bootable USB containing any number of ISO files just by writing them as files to a partition. It even supports Windows, and has some cool features like overriding Secure Boot on some machines.
- Cài win máy tính
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What is your favorite app that doesn't have a good open source alternative?
Last but not least there is also Ventoy. Short explanation: Install Ventoy to a usb drive, put all your isos in one folder on that drive. Now when you boot that usb drive you will see the ventoy menu, and it will allow you to boot any of the isos you put in the folder. Very handy.
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Thinking of purchasing a 4080 laptop and replacing W11 with KDE plasma
Overall, don't be afraid to switch distro (use Ventoy, load a few ISOs just in case), try to make sure you have an easy way of backing up your stuff (be it with a separate /home partition, or like I do with storing everything important in a separate drive and then using symlink to make it 'appear' in their 'default' places), and you can always use VM in a pinch (consult this guide or use quickemu or gnome-boxes)
What are some alternatives?
Rufus - The Reliable USB Formatting Utility
etcher - Flash OS images to SD cards & USB drives, safely and easily.
multibootusb - A collection of GRUB files and scripts that will allow you to create a pendrive capable of booting different ISO files
netboot.xyz - Your favorite operating systems in one place. A network-based bootable operating system installer based on iPXE.
unetbootin - UNetbootin installs Linux/BSD distributions to a partition or USB drive
multibootusb - Create multiboot live Linux on a USB disk...
WoeUSB - A Microsoft Windows® USB installation media preparer for GNU+Linux
refindplus - A variant of the rEFInd boot manager
WoeUSB-ng - WoeUSB-ng is a simple tool that enable you to create your own usb stick windows installer from an iso image or a real DVD. This is a rewrite of original WoeUSB.
vertex-theme - Vertex is a theme for GTK 3, GTK 2, Gnome-Shell and Cinnamon
archinstall - Arch Linux installer - guided, templates etc.
deb2appimage - Build AppImages from deb packages on any distro with simple json configuration