Please provide an AppImage for Linux for download

[probonopd]

https://github.com/HughIsaacs2/DatPart/blob/313b891c544288ebfb1f4d5376a5a8ef6be92dc6/electron%20app/resources/datpart/package.json#L35

Please provide an AppImage for Linux for download on the project's GitHub Releases page.

Providing an AppImage would have, among others, these advantages:

• Applications packaged as an AppImage can run on many distributions (including Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE, CentOS, elementaryOS, Linux Mint, and others)
• One app = one file = super simple for users: just download one AppImage file, make it executable, and run
• No unpacking or installation necessary
• No root needed
• No system libraries changed
• Works out of the box, no installation of runtimes needed
• Optional desktop integration with appimaged
• Optional binary delta updates, e.g., for continuous builds (only download the binary diff) using AppImageUpdate
• Can optionally GPG2-sign your AppImages (inside the file)
• Works on Live ISOs
• Can use the same AppImages when dual-booting multiple distributions
• Can be listed in the AppImageHub central directory of available AppImages
• Can double as a self-extracting compressed archive with the --appimage-extract parameter

Here is an overview of projects that are already distributing upstream-provided, official AppImages.

If you have questions, AppImage developers are on #AppImage on irc.freenode.net.

[HughIsaacs2]

I'm working on it. Just having compilation issues on my Linux installation right now.

[probonopd]

You could also consider to use something like Travis CI which would do the builds in the cloud for you. Many electron-builder based projects are using it to generate AppImages.

Please let me know if you are running into issues.

[voxsoftware]

GNU/Linux

[probonopd]

@voxsoftware I don't understand what you are trying to tell us. Can you elaborate?

[voxsoftware]

I mean, the correct term is not Linux, is GNU/Linux. But yeah, please make a version for GNU/Linux, not everyone uses Windows