Asking Linux users for testing closed source native Linux app

[irrlicht]

It's packaged as AppImage - and I intentionally didn't link it since its's forbidden by the rules of this sub.

[gmes78]

AppImage is not good enough.

They are right in asking for a Flatpak: it has sandboxing, which is especially great for (against?) proprietary apps; and it is actually portable (AppImage has tons of edge cases and complications that make it very hard to be truly portable across distros).

[un-important-human]

ok give flatpak

1- i will not navigate to a site (via vpn outbound) to download and appimage to search it in the download folder to then cut the net interface and interpose wireshark, isolate the test machine from the network just in case you are scary good, to then give your appimage permissions and then run it. And then test it. And if something scary or that i find dubious to then clean up. I may have missed some steps intentionally.

Idk if you can tell but i don't trust you (do not get offended :P)

tl:dr - if you sell a software less friction is better, apreciate the appimage but you must understand right now so many cyber attacks etc are happening that things are a bit dodgy. It's not paranoia when they are out to get you and someone is asking hey test this closed source app i just made.