diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux-workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/linux-workflow.yml
index 1d417a1427..b1f05f37bd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux-workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux-workflow.yml
@@ -31,33 +31,35 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         include:
-          - os: ubuntu-20.04
+          - os: ubuntu-18.04
             platform: x86
             compiler: gcc
+            detail: appimage
             experimental: false
-          - os: ubuntu-20.04
+          - os: ubuntu-18.04
             platform: x64
             compiler: gcc
+            detail: appimage
             experimental: false
-          - os: ubuntu-20.04
+          - os: ubuntu-18.04
             platform: x86
             compiler: clang
             # Need to disable PCH until cmake 3.17
             # (PCH conflicts with ccache, fixed by https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/-/merge_requests/4400)
             cmakeflags: -DCMAKE_DISABLE_PRECOMPILE_HEADERS=ON
-            detail: -nopch
+            detail: nopch
             experimental: false
-          - os: ubuntu-20.04
+          - os: ubuntu-18.04
             platform: x86
             compiler: gcc
             cmakeflags: -DCMAKE_DISABLE_PRECOMPILE_HEADERS=ON
-            detail: -nopch
+            detail: nopch
             experimental: false
-          - os: ubuntu-20.04
+          - os: ubuntu-18.04
             platform: x86
             compiler: gcc
             cmakeflags: -DCMAKE_DISABLE_PRECOMPILE_HEADERS=ON -DARCH_FLAG=-march=haswell
-            detail: -avx2-nopch
+            detail: avx2 nopch
             experimental: false
 
     name: "${{ matrix.platform }} | ${{ matrix.compiler }} ${{ matrix.detail }}"
@@ -95,22 +97,62 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: .ccache
           key: ${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.platform }}-${{ matrix.compiler }}${{ matrix.detail }}-ccache-${{ steps.ccache_cache_timestamp.outputs.timestamp }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.platform }}-${{ matrix.compiler }}${{ matrix.detail }}-ccache-
+          restore-keys: ${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.platform }}-${{ matrix.compiler }}${{ matrix.detail }}-ccache-
 
+      - name: Prepare Artifact Metadata
+        id: artifact-metadata
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          ARCH=$([ "${{ matrix.platform }}" == x86 ] && echo "32bit" || echo "64bit")
+          ARTIFACT_NAME=""
+          if [ ${{ github.event_name }} == "pull_request" ]; then
+            PR_SHA=$(git rev-parse --short "${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}")
+            ARTIFACT_NAME="PCSX2-${ARCH}"
+            if [ ! -z "${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}" ]; then
+              PR_NUM=${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+              ARTIFACT_NAME="${ARTIFACT_NAME}-pr[${PR_NUM}]"
+            fi
+            ARTIFACT_NAME="${ARTIFACT_NAME}-sha[${PR_SHA}]"
+            if [ ! -z "${{ github.event.pull_request.title }}" ]; then
+              PR_TITLE=$(echo "${{ github.event.pull_request.title }}" | tr -cd '[a-zA-Z0-9[:space:]]_-')
+              ARTIFACT_NAME="${ARTIFACT_NAME}-title["${PR_TITLE}""
+            fi
+          else
+            SHA=$(git rev-parse --short "$GITHUB_SHA")
+            ARTIFACT_NAME="PCSX2-${ARCH}-sha[${SHA}"
+          fi
+          TRIMMED_ARTIFACT_NAME=$(printf "%.199s]" "$ARTIFACT_NAME")
+          echo "name=$TRIMMED_ARTIFACT_NAME"
+          echo "##[set-output name=name;]${TRIMMED_ARTIFACT_NAME}"
+          
       - name: Install Packages
         env:
           PLATFORM: ${{ matrix.platform }}
           COMPILER: ${{ matrix.compiler }}
-        run: ./.github/workflows/scripts/linux/install-packages.sh
+        run: .github/workflows/scripts/linux/install-packages.sh
 
       - name: Generate CMake
         env:
           PLATFORM: ${{ matrix.platform }}
           COMPILER: ${{ matrix.compiler }}
           ADDITIONAL_CMAKE_ARGS: ${{ matrix.cmakeflags }}
-        run: ./.github/workflows/scripts/linux/generate-cmake.sh
+        run: .github/workflows/scripts/linux/generate-cmake.sh
 
       - name: Build PCSX2
         working-directory: ./build
         run: ../.github/workflows/scripts/linux/compile.sh
+        
+      - name: Package AppImage
+        env:
+          PLATFORM: ${{ matrix.platform }}
+          COMPILER: ${{ matrix.compiler }}
+          name: ${{ steps.artifact-metadata.outputs.name }}
+        run: .github/workflows/scripts/linux/appimage.sh
+        if: ${{ matrix.detail  == 'appimage' }}
+
+      - name: Upload artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: ${{ steps.artifact-metadata.outputs.name }}
+          path: artifacts
+        if: ${{ matrix.detail  == 'appimage' }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/linux/AppRun b/.github/workflows/scripts/linux/AppRun
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..e7f1d2d010
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/linux/AppRun
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/tmp/PCSX2:$APPDIR/usr/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
+BINARY_NAME=$(basename "$ARGV0")
+if [[ ! -e "$PWD/$BINARY_NAME.config" ]]; then
+        mkdir "$PWD/$BINARY_NAME.config"
+fi       
+export XDG_CONFIG_HOME="$PWD/$BINARY_NAME.config"
+
+ln -sf $APPDIR/usr/bin/plugins /tmp/PCSX2 
+mkdir -p $HOME/.local/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps && cp $APPDIR/PCSX2.png $HOME/.local/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps
+
+$APPDIR/AppRun-patched
+
+unlink /tmp/PCSX2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/linux/appimage.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/linux/appimage.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..429b6fbb07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/linux/appimage.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -ex
+
+echo "${PLATFORM}"
+if [ "${PLATFORM}" == "x86" ]; then
+  APPARCH="i686"
+  ARCH="i386"
+else
+  APPARCH="x86_64"
+  ARCH="x86_64"
+fi
+BUILDPATH="$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"/build
+BUILDBIN="$BUILDPATH"/pcsx2
+cd /tmp
+curl -sSfLO "https://github.com/linuxdeploy/linuxdeploy/releases/download/continuous/linuxdeploy-$ARCH.AppImage"
+chmod a+x linuxdeploy*.AppImage
+./linuxdeploy-"$ARCH".AppImage --appimage-extract
+mv /tmp/squashfs-root/usr/bin/patchelf /tmp/squashfs-root/usr/bin/patchelf.orig
+sudo cp /usr/local/bin/patchelf /tmp/squashfs-root/usr/bin/patchelf
+cd "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
+mkdir -p squashfs-root/usr/bin
+ls -al "$BUILDBIN"
+cp -P "$BUILDBIN"/PCSX2 "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"/squashfs-root/usr/bin/
+patchelf --set-rpath /tmp/PCSX2 "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"/squashfs-root/usr/bin/PCSX2
+cp ./pcsx2/gui/Resources/AppIcon64.png ./squashfs-root/PCSX2.png
+cp ./linux_various/PCSX2.desktop.in ./squashfs-root/PCSX2.desktop 
+sed -i -e 's|Categories=@PCSX2_MENU_CATEGORIES@|Categories=Game;Emulator;|g' ./squashfs-root/PCSX2.desktop
+sed -i -e 's|__GL_THREADED_OPTIMIZATIONS=1|__GL_THREADED_OPTIMIZATIONS=0|g' ./squashfs-root/PCSX2.desktop
+curl -sSfL "https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit/releases/download/continuous/runtime-$APPARCH" -o ./squashfs-root/runtime
+mkdir -p squashfs-root/usr/share/applications && cp ./squashfs-root/PCSX2.desktop ./squashfs-root/usr/share/applications
+mkdir -p squashfs-root/usr/share/icons && cp ./squashfs-root/PCSX2.png ./squashfs-root/usr/share/icons
+mkdir -p squashfs-root/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps && cp ./squashfs-root/PCSX2.png ./squashfs-root/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps
+mkdir -p squashfs-root/usr/share/pixmaps && cp ./squashfs-root/PCSX2.png ./squashfs-root/usr/share/pixmaps
+mkdir -p squashfs-root/usr/lib/
+cp ./.github/workflows/scripts/linux/AppRun "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"/squashfs-root/AppRun
+curl -sSfL "https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit/releases/download/continuous/AppRun-$APPARCH" -o "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"/squashfs-root/AppRun-patched
+chmod a+x ./squashfs-root/AppRun
+chmod a+x ./squashfs-root/runtime
+chmod a+x ./squashfs-root/AppRun-patched
+echo "$name" > "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"/squashfs-root/version.txt
+mkdir -p "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"/squashfs-root/usr/bin/{plugins,vm}
+cp -r "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"/bin/Langs "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"/squashfs-root/usr/bin/
+cp "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"/bin/docs/{Configuration_Guide.pdf,PCSX2_FAQ.pdf} "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"/squashfs-root/usr/bin/plugins
+cp "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"/bin/cheats_ws.zip "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"/squashfs-root/usr/bin/plugins
+if [[ -e "$BUILDPATH/plugins" ]]; then
+  find "$BUILDPATH/plugins" -iname '*.so' -exec cp {} "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"/squashfs-root/usr/bin/plugins \;
+fi
+cp ./bin/GameIndex.yaml "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"/squashfs-root/usr/bin/plugins/GameIndex.yaml
+export UPD_INFO="gh-releases-zsync|PCSX2|pcsx2|latest|$name.AppImage.zsync"
+export OUTPUT="$name.AppImage"
+/tmp/squashfs-root/AppRun --appdir="$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"/squashfs-root/ -d "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"/squashfs-root/PCSX2.desktop -i "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"/squashfs-root/PCSX2.png --output appimage
+mkdir -p "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"/artifacts/
+ls -al .
+mv "$name.AppImage" "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"/artifacts # && mv "$name.AppImage.zsync" $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/artifacts
+chmod -R 777 ./artifacts
+cd ./artifacts
+ls -al .
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/linux/compile.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/linux/compile.sh
index 75b84cc626..c0f8059345 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/linux/compile.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/linux/compile.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ export CCACHE_MAXSIZE="400M"
 ccache -p
 ccache -z
 # Build
-make -j4 install
+ninja
 # Save the Cache
 ccache -s
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/linux/generate-cmake.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/linux/generate-cmake.sh
index a8f4cc4f9e..3cf8118267 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/linux/generate-cmake.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/linux/generate-cmake.sh
@@ -10,17 +10,24 @@ else
   export CXX=clang++
 fi
 
-if [ "${PLATFORM}" = "x86" ]; then
-  ADDITIONAL_CMAKE_ARGS="$ADDITIONAL_CMAKE_ARGS -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=cmake/linux-compiler-i386-multilib.cmake"
+if [ "${PLATFORM}" = x86 ]; then
+  ADDITIONAL_CMAKE_ARGS="$ADDITIONAL_CMAKE_ARGS" 
+  TOOLCHAIN="cmake/linux-compiler-i386-multilib.cmake"
 fi
 echo "Additional CMake Args - ${ADDITIONAL_CMAKE_ARGS}"
 
 # Generate CMake into ./build
-cmake \
--D CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache \
--D DISABLE_ADVANCE_SIMD=TRUE \
--D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
--D BUILD_REPLAY_LOADERS=TRUE \
--D CMAKE_BUILD_PO=FALSE \
--D GTK3_API=TRUE ${ADDITIONAL_CMAKE_ARGS} \
+cmake                                       \
+-DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache        \
+-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release                  \
+-DPACKAGE_MODE=TRUE                         \
+-DDISABLE_ADVANCE_SIMD=TRUE                 \
+-DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR="/tmp/"              \
+-DCMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR="/tmp/"             \
+-DCMAKE_INSTALL_DOCDIR="/tmp/PCSX2"         \
+-DOpenGL_GL_PREFERENCE="LEGACY"             \
+-DOPENGL_opengl_LIBRARY=""                  \
+-DXDG_STD=TRUE "${ADDITIONAL_CMAKE_ARGS}"   \
+-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE="$TOOLCHAIN"         \
+-GNinja                                     \
 -B build
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/linux/install-packages.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/linux/install-packages.sh
index 9a0b08ae0c..a46ee28645 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/linux/install-packages.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/linux/install-packages.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ set -e
 declare -a BUILD_PACKAGES=(
   "ccache"
   "cmake"
-  "g++-10-multilib"
+  "g++-8-multilib"
+  "ninja-build"
 )
 
 declare -a GCC_PACKAGES=(
@@ -18,15 +19,15 @@ declare -a CLANG_PACKAGES=(
   "clang-tidy"
   "clang-tools"
   "clang"
-  "clangd"
+  "clangd-10"
   "libc++-dev"
   "libc++1"
   "libc++abi-dev"
   "libc++abi1"
   "libclang-dev"
   "libclang1"
-  "liblldb-dev"
-  "libllvm-ocaml-dev"
+  "liblldb-10-dev"
+  "libllvm-10-ocaml-dev"
   "libomp-dev"
   "libomp5"
   "lld"
@@ -34,50 +35,66 @@ declare -a CLANG_PACKAGES=(
   "llvm-dev"
   "llvm-runtime"
   "llvm"
-  "python-clang"
+  "python3-clang-10"
 )
 
 # Packages - PCSX2
 declare -a PCSX2_PACKAGES=(
+  "curl"
+  "fuse"
+  "gettext"
   "libaio-dev"
   "libasound2-dev"
+  "libatk1.0-dev"
+  "libatk-bridge2.0-dev"
+  "libbz2-dev"
   "libcairo2-dev"
-  "libegl-dev"
+  "libcggl"
+  "libdbus-1-dev"
   "libegl1-mesa-dev"
+  "libfontconfig1-dev"
   "libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev"
   "libgirepository-1.0-1"
   "libgl-dev"
   "libgl1-mesa-dev"
   "libgl1-mesa-dri"
   "libgl1"
-  "libgles-dev"
-  "libgles-dev"
   "libgles2-mesa-dev"
+  "libglew-dev"
   "libglib2.0-dev"
   "libglu1-mesa-dev"
   "libglu1-mesa"
   "libglvnd-dev"
-  "libglx-dev"
   "libglx-mesa0"
   "libglx0"
   "libgtk-3-dev"
   "libgtk2.0-dev"
   "libharfbuzz-dev"
+  "libibus-1.0-dev"
+  "libjack-jackd2-dev"
+  "libjpeg-dev"
   "libllvm10"
   "liblzma-dev"
+  "liblzma5"
   "libpango1.0-dev"
   "libpcap0.8-dev"
+  "libpng-dev"
+  "libportaudiocpp0"
   "libpulse-dev"
+  "libsdl1.2-dev"
   "libsdl2-dev"
   "libsamplerate0-dev"
   "libsoundtouch-dev"
+  "libwxgtk3.0-dev"
   "libwxgtk3.0-gtk3-0v5"
   "libwxgtk3.0-gtk3-dev"
   "libx11-xcb-dev"
   "libxext-dev"
   "libxft-dev"
   "libxml2-dev"
+  "nvidia-cg-toolkit"
   "portaudio19-dev"
+  "python"
   "zlib1g-dev"
 )
 
@@ -108,11 +125,11 @@ else
 fi
 
 echo "Will install the following packages for building - ${BUILD_PACKAGE_STR}"
-sudo apt remove gcc-9 g++-9
+#sudo apt remove gcc-9 g++-9
 sudo apt-get -y install ${BUILD_PACKAGE_STR}
 
-sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-10 10
-sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-10 10
+sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-8 10
+sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-8 10
 sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/cc cc /usr/bin/gcc 30
 sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/c++ c++ /usr/bin/g++ 30
 
@@ -127,3 +144,10 @@ sudo apt-get -y install libgcc-s1:i386
 fi
 echo "Will install the following packages for pcsx2 - ${PCSX2_PACKAGES_STR}"
 sudo apt-get -y install ${PCSX2_PACKAGES_STR}
+
+cd /tmp
+curl -sSfLO https://github.com/NixOS/patchelf/releases/download/0.12/patchelf-0.12.tar.bz2        
+tar xvf patchelf-0.12.tar.bz2
+cd patchelf-0.12*/ 
+./configure
+make && sudo make install