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   From: brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com   
      
   On Jan 17, 2026 at 10:27:17 PM MST, "Gremlin" wrote   
   :   
      
   > Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=    
   > news:10kh4ao$2tq7m$11@dont-email.me Sat, 17 Jan 2026 23:00:41 GMT in   
   > comp.os.linux.advocacy, wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 17 Jan 2026 19:42:00 GMT, Brock McNuggets wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On Jan 17, 2026 at 1:31:32 AM MST, "Gremlin" wrote   
   >>> :   
   >>>   
   >>>> It reminds me of the old days of DOS and self contained programs.   
   >>>> No installer BS. Unzip into an empty folder of my choosing and away   
   >>>> you go.   
   >>>   
   >>> Sort of like how macOS handles most installations.   
   >>   
   >> Don’t you wish macOS had something like these Flatpak/Snap/AppImage   
   >> things on Linux? Nothing to unzip, even.   
   >   
   > It's not even necessary to put them into an empty folder by themselves.   
   > You could store a pile of them in say 'useful apps' and they'd do just   
   > fine, completely self contained. No dependency hell risk, just a fully   
   > functional up to date program that didn't care which distro you were using.   
      
   But they do not match the look and feel of the rest of the system. There are   
   pros and cons.   
      
   > I was heavily into them when I was still doing the 3D print thing. Cura   
   > was a daily goto. And I wanted to make sure I was using the latest version   
   > for the bug fixes and additional support for the capabilities of my   
   > printers.   
   >   
   > I've just never been a fan of Apple products.   
      
   Fair. We all have preferences.   
      
   > I don't mind working on them though.   
      
   From a user perspective, what do you think the pros and cons are?   
      
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