[jmhain]

> We just don't provide Linux binaries, except Ubuntu Snaps, because it is extremely difficult to do.

Have you considered packaging with Flatpak [0] as well? Very similar to Snaps, but it'll work with many distros instead of just Ubuntu.

[0] http://flatpak.org/

[morganvachon]

According to the Flatpak site, you have to install the Flatpak base first, which is only officially available for Fedora, Arch, and Ubuntu, with unofficial/testing/backported ports for a couple other distros. There is no source download I could find on the site, which is necessary to build it for unlisted distros like Slackware (though I suspect its strict reliance on systemd would cause issues there anyway).

This all flies in the face of their marketing statement "The days of chasing multiple Linux distributions are over"; you can't claim a one-size-fits-all system if it only fits six out of hundreds of distros.

Edit: To the downvoters, please reply instead, and tell me why you disagree with what I wrote. If I'm wrong I'll own it.

[l2dy]

I didn't downvote you, but here's the source[1].

[1] https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak

[jbk]

> Very similar to Snaps, but it'll work with many distros instead of just Ubuntu.

Snaps run on a lot of distributions too:

https://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/06/14/universal-snap-packag...