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docs: promote AppImage for Linux (#1776)
It is the only one that does autoupdates on Linux without a third-party package manager. Pointing less sophisticated users at it may be beneficial, as they avoid issues with things like Snap.
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### Quick-install shortcuts
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- **Mac:** [IPFS-Desktop-0.14.0.dmg](https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-desktop/releases/download/v0.14.0/IPFS-Desktop-0.14.0.dmg) or `brew install --cask ipfs`
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- **Windows:** [IPFS-Desktop-Setup-0.14.0.exe](https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-desktop/releases/download/v0.14.0/IPFS-Desktop-Setup-0.14.0.exe) or `choco install ipfs-desktop`
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- **Linux:** See [installation options](#install) below
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When in doubt, pick one of package formats with built-in automatic update mechanism:
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- **Mac:** [IPFS-Desktop-0.14.0.dmg](https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-desktop/releases/download/v0.14.0/IPFS-Desktop-0.14.0.dmg)
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- **Windows:** [IPFS-Desktop-Setup-0.14.0.exe](https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-desktop/releases/download/v0.14.0/IPFS-Desktop-Setup-0.14.0.exe)
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- **Linux:** [ipfs-desktop-0.14.0-linux-x86_64.AppImage](https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-desktop/releases/download/v0.14.0/ipfs-desktop-0.14.0-linux-x86_64.AppImage)
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- If you prefer to manage updates on your own, see [other package formats](#install) below.
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## Table of Contents
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[![](https://img.shields.io/github/downloads/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-desktop/v0.14.0/ipfs-desktop-0.14.0-linux-x86_64.AppImage.svg?style=flat-square&label=downloads)](https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-desktop/releases/download/v0.14.0/ipfs-desktop-0.14.0-linux-x86_64.AppImage)
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- **FreeBSD** (experimental): [ipfs-desktop-0.14.0-linux-x64.freebsd](https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-desktop/releases/download/v0.14.0/ipfs-desktop-0.14.0-linux-x64.freebsd)\
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[![](https://img.shields.io/github/downloads/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-desktop/v0.14.0/ipfs-desktop-0.14.0-linux-x64.freebsd.svg?style=flat-square&label=downloads)](https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-desktop/releases/download/v0.14.0/ipfs-desktop-0.14.0-linux-x64.freebsd)
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- **Snapcraft** (community-maintained): `snap install ipfs-desktop`
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- **Snapcraft** (community-maintained, YMMV): `snap install ipfs-desktop`
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- **AUR** (maintained by [@alexhenrie](https://github.com/alexhenrie)): Use the [`ipfs-desktop` package](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ipfs-desktop/)
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### Install from source

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