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Did we kill Linux's killer feature?
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this post was submitted on 17 Sep 2023
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I’ve used Linux since the 90s and I’ve never installed a flat pack or snap or whatever. They’re not required.
This. And it usually is open source, if you don't want to install a flatpak or docker image, you can always compile it yourself, and if you feel generous, you package it up as an .rpm, .dep, or whatever your distro of choice wants and create a download for it. I also have not (yet) encountered a project i wanted to install that didn't either provide packages or at the very least detailed instructions if I want to just install that locally.
I mean yeah. I mean wtf.
I mean, if I install something compiling from source, I would not expect anyone else to manage it, right? I mean why would anyone expect that flatpak snap etc. all get managed automatically, they even forget how they installed something, it is so ridiculous.
Do you really mean that?