GitHub - TheAssassin/AppImageLauncher: Helper application for Linux distributions serving as a kind of "entry point" for running and integrating AppImages
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Helper application for Linux distributions serving as a kind of "entry point" for running and integrating AppImages - TheAssassin/AppImageLauncher

This should be installed as default in all distro. Run it with --install, put appimages in ~/Applications and it’s done, you’ll see all apps in your DE app menu

    • SamueruSama@programming.dev
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      3 days ago

      Don’t run electron/chromium apps with --no-sandbox, that is not safe, you are exposing yourself to the internet.

      Canonical decided on ubuntu 24.04 to disable unpriv namespaces in the name of security, in reality they did it to push snaps since that change breaks appimage and flatpak.

      Do what linux mint ended up doing and disable the restriction.

      kernel.apparmor_restrict_unprivileged_userns = 0' | sudo tee /etc/sysctl.d/20-fix-namespaces.conf
sysctl -w kernel.apparmor_restrict_unprivileged_userns=0

      Or better yet just don’t use ubuntu, it is just a source nightmares, the uuttils switch even broke one of my appimages…

    • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      Okay, well gear lever lets you add command line arguments which get saved in the config so that should work easily. I will say it’s odd to me that you say this is needed for a specific OS, let alone often. I have never used that flag and I’ve been using an Ubuntu variant for ~5 years now. Doesn’t mean you’re wrong or anything, I’m just surprised because that seems to defeat one of the main purposes of appImages. The whole security/safety model seems to be sidestepped if you use that flag. I tend to only use appImage if it’s my only option because flatpaks seem to work better in my experience.