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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Helper application for Linux distributions serving as a kind of "entry point" for running and integrating AppImages (github.com)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by Suoko@feddit.it to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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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 men

Gearlever alternative: https://github.com/ivan-hc/gearlever-appimage

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[–] Suoko@feddit.it 1 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Does it manage the --no-sandbox option often needed?

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I have never used that flag. Does that just enable full system access without the usual layer of sandbox protection?

[–] Suoko@feddit.it 1 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Yes,and it's the only way to start some apps on Ubuntu

[–] SamueruSama@programming.dev 1 points 5 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...

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