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Linux Appimage

Garmin complains that Linux is to fractured to have support for lifetime updates (garmin express). Yet today there are appimages, totally portable that will run on almost every Linux OS. Why is Garmin living in the past on this issue, One appimage would easily solve the problem?

I am sure they could find an ampimage developer to satisfy their Linux customers.

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I have no association with Garmin, so I don't know what happens in their board room nor how they make their decisions.

However, Windows has just under 70% of the desktop/laptop market and Mac OS has about 20%. Other operating systems share the remaining 10%, with Linux being 3-4%. I think you're underestimating the cost of adding Linux to the mix of supported systems - simply adding one developer isn't going to cut it. It's going to need its own development team, and this must be financed by the number of extra sales Garmin expects to make. Given the low take-up of Linux, it seems likely that the costs would greatly exceed the benefit.

Linux is great, and I've installed various Linux versions on my older computers, giving them a whole new lease of life. But most Linux software is developed by altruistic developers who are happy to give their time for free. You have to accept the fact that Linux is a niche system.