Re: AppImage support (Re: Signal-desktop stopped working on Tumbleweed)

Hello,

In the Message; 

  Subject    : Re: AppImage support (Re: Signal-desktop stopped working on Tumbleweed)
  Message-ID : <[email protected]>
  Date & Time: Thu, 02 Jul 2026 08:53:49 +0200

[GL] == Knurpht <[email protected]> has written:

GL>  [1  <text/plain; utf-8 (7bit)>]
GL>  Op donderdag 2 juli 2026 08:46:53 Midden-Europese zomertijd schreef Wolfgang 
GL>  Rosenauer:

WR> > Hi,
 
WR> > Am 02.07.26 um 08:35 schrieb Markus Feilner:
MF> > > Quick confirmation: Via Appimage I am getting Signal 8.17, and it seems to
MF> > > work. I did not know that Signal also has a limitation of 5 connected
MF> > > desktops... so I had to delete the other ones... :-)
> 
WR> > I've also used those RPMs for a long time but building those packages
WR> > can be a pain. So I understand the (ex-)maintainers.
 
WR> > Speaking about AppImage though:
WR> > Is openSUSE really that bad in supporting AppImage or do I miss something?
WR> > I used to use appimaged which somewhat worked in the past but some time
WR> > ago it stopped working just crashing immediately (like hundreds of times
WR> > per minute).
 
WR> > https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1249529
 
WR> > It still is in TW but outdated and broken.
 
WR> > What is the way to handle desktop integration for appimages nowadays
WR> > (and in best case available in TW)?

GL>  I think there are better places to ask then on this list. I
GL>  hardly (if) ever  see mentions of appimages here. Maybe
GL>  [email protected] or [email protected] ? 

That may be true, but I think using AppImage on Tumbleweed carries a
high risk to begin with.

In other words, Tumbleweed uses a very new version of glibc, but
AppImage's built to target a relatively old base system (Ubuntu, if I
recall correctly), so that mismatch makes coredumps more likely to
occur.

This is beyond Tumbleweed's scope, so I think we just have to use it
with the mindset that I'll be lucky if it works.

We could also try creating own AppImage, though.

Best Regards.

--
   Masaru Nomiya                     mail-to: nomiya @ ab.auone-net.jp

          "In other words, letting an AI do your reasoning means your
	           reasoning is only ever going to be as good as that AI system.
	           As always, let the prompter beware."

      -- ""Cognitive surrender" leads AI users to abandon logical thinking"  --