• Refurbished Refurbisher
    link
    fedilink
    English
    3
    edit-2
    9 months ago

    Why do they dynamically link libs instead of static linking, or better yet, distributing an AppImage?

    • @steeznson@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      19 months ago

      Could be licensing or decreased server costs with smaller executable downloads? Not sure without being a fly on the wall at GOG.

      Static vs dynamic linking is a huge, flame war-triggering debate in software. Like the original vim vs emacs.