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README: Recommend AppImage over Flatpak

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Tired of Flathub's infrastructure randomly failing builds, and portal
paths being invalidated every update.

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@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ Once downloaded and extracted, you can launch the emulator with `duckstation-qt-
### Linux ### Linux
DuckStation is provided for x86_64/ARM32/ARM64 Linux in AppImage and Flatpak formats. The release on [Flathub](https://flathub.org/apps/org.duckstation.DuckStation) is official, and synchronized with the latest rolling/stable release on GitHub. DuckStation is provided for x86_64/ARM32/ARM64 Linux in AppImage (recommended) and Flatpak (not recommended) formats.
#### AppImage #### AppImage
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#### Flatpak #### Flatpak
Due to various Flatpak limitations and Flathub randomly breaking regularly, **the Flatpak package is not recommended**. We recommend that you use the AppImage instead.
There appears to be little interest from users in keeping the Flatpak maintained. If you are a user and using the Flatpak, please let us know, since we are considering dropping it.
- Go to https://github.com/stenzek/duckstation/releases/tag/latest, and download `duckstation-x64.flatpak`. - Go to https://github.com/stenzek/duckstation/releases/tag/latest, and download `duckstation-x64.flatpak`.
- Run `flatpak install ./duckstation-x64.flatpak`. - Run `flatpak install ./duckstation-x64.flatpak`.