The Ultimate Guide to Fixing AppImages on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

If you have recently upgraded to Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble Numbat) or 22.04 LTS , you might have noticed a frustrating trend: your favorite AppImages—like Oodles TimeTracker, Discord, or BalenaEtcher—simply refuse to open. You double-click the file, the loading icon spins for a second, and then... nothing. This isn't a bug in the applications themselves, but rather a result of Ubuntu’s evolving security architecture and library transitions. In this post, we’ll break down exactly why this happens and p