[mcpackieh]

> AppImages aren't easy to use (you can't double click them like on Windows

Uh, but that's exactly how they work. What file manager are you using them that doesn't recognize them? Also you can just chmod+x them and execute them.

As for their size, my XPS13 has a 250GB SSD too, not easily upgradable, but AppImages just aren't a significant burden to me. Once a month or so I move downloaded media to my NAS, but all of my AppImage applications together add up to maybe 15GB or so, the redundancy in them is really the least of my concerns.

[jeroenhd]

When I double click an AppImage, I get ab error ('Could Not Display "Something.AppImage"\n There is no app installed for "AppImage application bundle" files. Do you want to search for an app to open this file?'). That's in Nautilus. If I click on the file from the Firefox download thingy, it asks me how I want to open "file links" with no suggestions for what to do next. Thunar asks me to pick a program to open "AppImage application bundle" files with, but has no recommended application.

Dolphin does seem to support AppImages natively and will execute the file (after clicking through two security prompts). I guess KDE users are AppImage's target audience, then?