What’s the best way to install App Man, direct or via distrobox?

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  • AppMan

    Manage 1800+ AppImage packages and official standalone apps from tar* and zip archives for GNU/Linux without root privileges using the ever-growing AUR-inspired database of "AM Application Manager". Easy to use like APT and powerful like PacMan.

  • appimagepool

    A simple, modern AppImageHub Client, powered by flutter.

    I think it's safe to install it directly as it stores everything in a single directory. For AppImages there is also AppImagePool + AppImageLauncher (can be installed rootless, useful for better integration of appimages).

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  • AppImageLauncher

    Helper application for Linux distributions serving as a kind of "entry point" for running and integrating AppImages

    I think it's safe to install it directly as it stores everything in a single directory. For AppImages there is also AppImagePool + AppImageLauncher (can be installed rootless, useful for better integration of appimages).

  • SteamDeck-SteamOS-Guides

    Steam Deck SteamOS guides for things like disk encryption, installing additional packages, and more.

    I've created KDE Vault and made a directory inside it. I use this directory as a $HOME for distrobox. So, only single directory is encrypted. If you care about encryption, there is a way to LUKS-encrypt /home, but it's a hack and should not be done unless you understand what you do. And of course, things may break in the future.

  • SteamDeck-Clover-dualboot

    Script to install Clover - a graphical boot manager for the Steam Deck.

    You may also find useful this project. It's a preconfigured Clover that can automatically reinstall itself after system upgrades. It automatically detects different OS on different drives and some OS are already preconfigured with beautiful icons. Works flawlessly for me, tested with Ventoy USB drive with multiple images and with Tails (Deck is an amazing device for anonymous Internet access!) on SDCard. The only things I adjusted were menu timeout and theme. I'm not sure if it's better or worse compared to refind.

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