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watchdog · #91 Post by **watchdog** » Wed 07 Aug 2019, 21:06

https://drive.google.com/file/d/128EuUU ... sp=sharing

The version "chroot" of the above build.

watchdog · #92 Post by **watchdog** » Thu 08 Aug 2019, 11:32

I am not able to replicate the exploit of a portable vlc x86_64. In ScPup64 I can't use the h264 codec. It's a nightmare. I have an experimental build based on buster64: it starts but won't play mp4 videos.

watchdog · #93 Post by **watchdog** » Fri 09 Aug 2019, 09:38

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_LCp0a ... sp=sharing

Do not ask to me how I have done it. It works in buster64 and ScPup64. Glibc >= 2.28 required. Original libraries from buster64. Follow chroot version.

watchdog · #94 Post by **watchdog** » Fri 09 Aug 2019, 09:45

The version "chroot" of the above build obtained with create-portable by fredx181.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sH2p7v ... sp=sharing

Remember to make executable the downloaded apps. Just click on them.

watchdog · #95 Post by **watchdog** » Tue 13 Aug 2019, 07:55

Based on stretch and created with create-portable32 by fredx181, it works for me in recent 32 bit puppies.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tYYQBH ... sp=sharing

mikeslr · #96 Post by **mikeslr** » Sat 07 Sep 2019, 12:30

https://keepassxc.org/download/#linux

watchdog · #97 Post by **watchdog** » Tue 17 Sep 2019, 14:08

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1g03pjE ... sp=sharing

It works in eoan ermine.

Mike Walsh · #98 Post by **Mike Walsh** » Tue 17 Sep 2019, 15:45

Bloody hell, watchdog; amazing stuff.

Keep 'em coming, buddy.....

Mike.

hatemonday · #99 Post by **hatemonday** » Sun 15 Dec 2019, 09:58

AppimageHub :

Unlike other applications, AppImages do not need to be installed before they can be used. However, they need to be marked as executable before they can be run. This is a Linux security feature.

Many linux apps are now distributed as appimages. Any security concern about appimages ? Do they contain malicious code /binaries /spyware ?

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Mike Walsh · #100 Post by **Mike Walsh** » Sun 15 Dec 2019, 10:45

@ hatemonday:-

I appreciate that you're one of those Puppians who are extremely concerned about security in general. About the only reference I've been able to find to security issues with AppImages is this thread on Github:-

https://github.com/AppImage/pkg2appimage/issues/197

.....and it appears to be more about possible 'attacks' at the far end - the repositories where you actually download them from. About which we, the 'users', can do absolutely nothing.

Draw your own conclusions.

Mike.

Mike Walsh · #101 Post by **Mike Walsh** » Tue 24 Dec 2019, 01:19

Evening, all. Just a quick couple of AppImages for you tonight - both graphics apps.

XnViewMP - full-featured image viewer/editor/'processor'. 64-bit only, I'm afraid. Plays videos, too..!!

https://download.xnview.com/XnView_MP.g ... 4.AppImage

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SynfigStudio - 2D vector animation app. Lets you turn comic-strip stuff into GIFs, for example.....and much, much more.

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=117227

Enjoy.

Mike.

Mike Walsh · #102 Post by **Mike Walsh** » Tue 24 Dec 2019, 12:02

Another one for y'all. jplt3's discovery of an AppImage for Kodi 18.4 'Leia'.

As with so many AppImages, it's 64-bit only, I'm afraid.....but it fires straight up, and runs as sweet as a nut, in Xenialpup64 7.5. I'll be trying it out in Bionic64 later on; will report back.

DO be aware it's quite large; 280 MB. Best to stick it in /mnt/home, or even an external drive of some sort.....and run it from there when you want it. Remember to make it executable; rt-clk->Properties->Tick all 3 'Exec' check-boxes->Refresh->OK.

Sweet!

Mike.

jplt3 · #103 Post by **jplt3** » Tue 24 Dec 2019, 15:01

Thanks Mike Walsh

I confirm , tihs kodi appimage work very well on bionicpup64
My post to the appimage

Mike Walsh · #104 Post by **Mike Walsh** » Tue 24 Dec 2019, 15:18

jplt3 wrote:Thanks Mike Walsh

I confirm , tihs kodi appimage work very well on bionicpup64
My post to the appimage

Nice one. Well, there's your answer.....which I will confirm, having tried it myself around an hour ago. Personally, I simply use it for viewing 'local' videos.....of which I have a lot..!

Mike.

enrique · #105 Post by **enrique** » Thu 26 Dec 2019, 07:36

I switch to puppy as I like the Idea of carrying with us the full OS. Never the less I will accept this AppImages may have its use for someone else.

Thank you all for providing this info. To be honest I had read about AppImages but ignore them as I did not understood what was for. But 1rst page is quite helpful now I have a better understanding. Thanks

paulh177 · #106 Post by **paulh177** » Wed 08 Jan 2020, 10:56

Just dropping in to say that LMMS 1.2.1 AppImage from the LMMS home site works perfectly (for me) in both xenial64 & bionic64.

You'll probably need Jack to get it working most effectively, but it'll make noises even with ALSA.

When it moans about running as root, you can either spot it, or - much easier - run it with the --allowroot argument:

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lmms-1.2.1-linux-x86_64.AppImage --allowroot

Mike Walsh · #107 Post by **Mike Walsh** » Wed 08 Jan 2020, 22:14

Thanks for that, Paul; much appreciated.

Should be of interest to a fair number of Puppians. Keep 'em coming.

Cheers!

Mike.

Mike Walsh · #108 Post by **Mike Walsh** » Sun 26 Jan 2020, 11:30

Here's another one for y'all.

Leonflix

p310don came across this one a while back. It searches for, finds, and will play back movies, music, etc. Again, only 64-bit I'm afraid, but that's the way the wind's blowing nowadays.

Like LMMS above, it needs something similar to permit running as root; in this case, the

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--no-sandbox

....argument, because many of these AppImages are written using parts of the Electron 'framework', which itself is based around a 'stripped-down' version of the Chromium browser. Hence why the '--no-sandbox' argument, or 'switch', often works for us here in Puppyland.

I've published a small launcher script for it HERE.

Enjoy!

Mike.

jplt3 · #109 Post by **jplt3** » Tue 25 Feb 2020, 16:10

hi all,

for some of you who love to code and use VScode Visual Studio Code is a source-code editor developed by Microsoft for Windows, Linux and macOS.

Here is the Appimage in their github repo of vscodium : binary release of VS Code without MICROSOFT branding/telemetry/licensing .

Enjoy.

Mike Walsh · #110 Post by **Mike Walsh** » Fri 28 Feb 2020, 18:46

Just a quick one for y'all.

Mikeslr has referenced links for the most recent versions of LibreOffice (64-bit only, I'm afraid) which have been packed as AppImages. I'm currently running the latest 'Still' release of this - v6.3.4.2 - which functions fine in both Bionicpup64 and Xenialpup64.

It's a good way to 'portabilize' this humungous application (as we all know, in the 'unpacked' format newer releases can often exceed 600 MB+!), by keeping it on an external partition, or anywhere outside of 'Puppy-space', then just running it as and when you need it. It runs in /tmp for the duration, so a reasonable amount of RAM is required nowadays.....and it's even simpler than needing to load/unload an SFS. Fewer 'clicks'!

https://www.libreoffice.org/download/appimage/

These have been built 'properly', and just work, OOTB.

Mike.

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