Yes i know you are working hard on this on your free time. A big thank you for that
I was thinking to cover more distros with *less* work (except initial learning) for both your protein based and silicon based CPU:s
Of the alternatives, it seem to me Appimage gives the best coverage in return of work, and is easy to use for users
To me it seem easy to package, but this is not "my cup of tea" and i dont know how many obstacles there may be:
Some cut-paste:
"There are different ways to generate an AppImage of your application:
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3. Run linuxdeployqt on your Qt application"
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"linuxdeployqt takes an application as input and makes it self-contained by copying in the resources that the application uses (like libraries, graphics, and plugins) into a bundle. The resulting bundle can be distributed as an AppDir or as an AppImage"
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When used on Qt-based applications, it can bundle a specific minimal subset of Qt required to run the application."
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BTW, QET 0.6 final is in Mageia development version "Cauldron" and will be released in current Mageia 6 normal updates but is waiting for a large Qt-Plasma5-etc-depending mess update currently being tested. - Appimage could get past such delays
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Further reading:
https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit/wiki
https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit … /README.md
https://github.com/probonopd/linuxdeployqt - also see "known issues"
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Did i have money i would donate for your highDPI screen. Once I did (accidentally, in xorg.conf) set up a high X/Y resolution desktop, and panned my physical screen across it (when mouse touched edge). There may be better methods nowadays in your distro of choice. I dont know if that may be an idea to simulate highDPI.