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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal
Why create an appimage at all??
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If you mean one could create a /opt/calibre.squashfs, and have it auto mounted from fstab, then yes -- but it's easier to use an executable appimage on ANY linux install. Like when you're not on your own computer...
If you mean "why save space at all", then -- with SSDs, space is a reasonable concern once again. Also, live USB sticks.
Actually I don't see the point of filling up storage with uncompressed binaries and data files in general. One could convert to live ("frugal") installs completely, but even in this case, keeping big applications separate simplifies updating, and also minimizes the live FS image.