Applications

Managing Applications

As mentioned in the OS blog post, I also create the “Applications” folder in my file system
AppImage Launcher - This handles App Images so that they work how you’d expect. Basically the first time you launch an appimage, it’ll move it from your downloads to a specified folder and creates a .desktop file if that’s not done automatically. A .desktop file doesn’t mean it’s visible on your desktop, it just means the app is searchable so you can launch the app from other places than directly clicking the appimage file.
- Side note from the future: I've started to move away from AppImages because while they are the most connivent, it's also the smallest project. Also per this video, I'm not super impressed by the standards. I would recommend using a Snap, Flatpak, or Electron apps where possible. Electron apps tend the best for developers in terms of having to maintain as little code as possible, as they are supported across all distros and even other OSes.