AppImage for rapid availability

[ParaplegicRacehorse]

ref: AppImages

This would be useful for rapid restoration of userspace files after an event or to provision a personal $HOME on a new machine. The AppImage could easily be saved on the (local media) backup source. A quick cp <sourcedir>BackInTime.appimage <destdir>/ && chmod +x <destdir>/BackInTime.appimage && .<destdir>BackInTime.appimage (assuming backup system does not preserve permissions) puts a user in a position to restore.

I suppose a user could just cp everything over, but BIT makes recovery of encrypted backups easier.

Not so useful for bare metal restores. Frankly, that's what disc cloning or automated provisioning systems, like Ansible and Puppet, are for. Then again, these tools render the need for a bit.appimage moot because, presumably, it would be already installed in the cloned or newly provisioned system.

[probonopd]

@ParaplegicRacehorse for bare metal scenarios, it is also worth mentioning that AppImages run great from Live CDs and Live ISOs (which can be network booted too). For example, I am running an Ubuntu Live ISO right now, and a couple of AppImages.