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Can You Run an AppImage on An Old Linux OS

AppImage is by definition, the true portable application format in Linux. You don't have to install any runtime, dependency, etc. All you need to do is download the package, make it executable, and you will have a portable, functional application you can use on you Linux OS. You might don't know, AppImage has had long history as a portable app format in Linux. It started from 2004 named klik, then renamed to PortableLinuxApps and later, until now, renamed again as AppImage. Unlike the predecessor, AppImage now gets a fair amount of attentions from Linux users. Some even said that Linus Torvalds himself think that AppImage isn't a bad idea. The point is, if we are talking a app format that works just like how EXE works in Windows, AppImage is the answer. Running AppImage on an Old Linux OS I have a bunch of Linux isos, from older to the newest version. The main reason I don't remove them is each Linux version has its own memories. So I try to install an old Ubuntu versio...

Download KompoZer AppImage

What an odd, after many years I remember an old, an ancient app called KompoZer. It was a handy WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) web editor to create HTML web page. Originally, it was a fork, a refinement for an abandoned app called Nvu. But later, KompoZer was also abandoned, following the rise of more dynamic and interactive web development technology. However, it is still usable for us to create a simple web page and I decide to build an AppImage version, based on Ubuntu Precise repository. If you are interested to feel the nostalgia, you could download the KompoZer AppImage from this following URL: KompoZer-0.8.glibc2.15-x86_64.AppImage The packages is built upon Ubuntu 12.04 repository and I've successfully tested it on my Ubuntu 22.04. Enjoy the nostalgia.