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From: RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: A quick search on _noticeable_ Linux improvements since 2014
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2025 20:38:21 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2025-03-07, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Mar 2025 13:04:40 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:
>
>> I don't have appimaged or AppImage Launcher installed so (on this
>> machine, at least) the integration is not automatic.
>
> I only recently found appimaged.  Trying to manually edit .desktop files 
> and get anything to appear on the GNOME 'Show Apps' wasn't very fruitful. 
> The Arduino IDE v2 is an appimage and after I installed the daemon it 
> showed up. I was somewhat surprised that just downloading the LibreWolf 
> file kicked the process off. I like things that just work. 

I'll have to install it. I think I already have it on the computer that runs 
Linux Mint 22.

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