Good job.  I much prefer the python install.  AppImages are clumsy and slow in my opinion.  They're also unnecessarily large since they package all their own dependencies, but most of the dependencies are already included in the OS.  AppImages also don't give you daemon or CLI options, which I find handy from time to time.  I do use AppImages when temporarily booting from a live USB for air-gapped use, but other than that I tend to avoid them.