[TriLUG] release format for commercial project

[Wes Garrison via TriLUG]

Those of you that use AppImages fairly often, do you expect them to display
the icon of the program you are downloading?

Or do you use something like AppImageLauncher:
https://github.com/TheAssassin/AppImageLauncher

...or do you just click on it and not care?

Also, do users generally know that AppImage requires FUSE?  I didn't, and
Debian Testing no longer includes fuse2.

I clicked on the file and... nothing happened.  I had to run it from the
terminal to find out I was missing FUSE, but since Trixie `libfuse2` is no
longer even available, and the new package is called `fuse3`.

Do most users who download AppImage files expect these things?

On Fri, Sep 18, 2026 at 3:58 PM Wes Garrison <wes at xitechusa.com> wrote:

> As soon as the desktop app is stable we plan to release a cloud version
> that should be mobile-friendly, and also a hosted db product.
>
> That means both a reasonably-priced version where we host the Postgres db
> for you, and a more expensive version where it is completely cloud-based.
>
> We use the Shadcn UI framework on top of React, so it should be mobile
> friendly.
>
> A real mobile app may be further down the road, but we'll do some
> strategizing to see how that may work.
>
> Our main architect, Mike, has lots of experience with React Native, and
> we've written most of the code in TypeScript to be maximally portable.
>
> An app as a "web frontend" to your hosted Postgres database may be a good
> way to go to avoid monthly subscriptions.
>
> We are definitely going to want recurring revenue too, but we want that to
> be for add-on services that you don't mind paying for like the hosted db or
> online backup, and not have folks feel like they're being extorted.
>
> Honestly the main reason I built this is because QB broke the ability to
> import a .QBO file (which is basically just an OFX file) if you didn't
> upgrade every 3 years.  They call that "online banking", but there is
> nothing "online" about importing a file you downloaded to your computer.
>
> I didn't mind upgrading every 3 years when I was using their payroll
> service, but when I had to upgrade version 2019 *just so I can import a
> local file from my computer*  ???
>
> The FTC should have been all over that.
>
> For version 2022, they got rid of perpetual licenses, and raised the price
> from $160 for 3 years to $250 for 1 year.  Then the next year it went up to
> $850, and now it's $130 EACH MONTH.  $1560 per year.
>
> Hence the name "FQB".  "First Quality Books", because quality has to come
> first, not just price hikes.
>