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OnlyOffice images

We’re fans of AppImage too.
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There’s been a little discussion of late about Snap and Flatpak systems, but there is a third way and that’s AppImage. Tossing its hat into the ring is OnlyOffice, which has announced it’s no longer offering portable tar.gz packages and will move to AppImages, as this removes dependency issues and users fiddling with archive tools. Find out more at http://bit.ly/lxf268only.

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