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AppImage fails silently on Linux when libfuse2 is missing #818

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@slamer59

When launching the AppImage on Linux without FUSE 2 installed, the app
exits silently with no visible error to the user:

dlopen(): error loading libfuse.so.2
AppImages require FUSE to run.

This only appears in a terminal - launching from a file manager shows nothing,
making it hard to diagnose.

Fix for users:

  • Ubuntu/Debian: sudo apt install libfuse2
  • Fedora: sudo dnf install fuse

Workaround (no install needed):
Run with the built-in extract flag:

./Recordly-linux-x64.AppImage --appimage-extract-and-run

This bypasses FUSE entirely.

Suggestion: Add a note to the README mentioning the FUSE dependency
and the --appimage-extract-and-run workaround for Linux users.

Environment: Linux, x86-64

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