s/browser/spyware/

Why does gnome software looks so much smoother of an interface back then. Now the search takes forever and the interface is buggy.

pacman -Sy waterfox

Not accurate, firefox comes preinstalled

So many people in the comments are being wooshed.

browsers i have:

firefox (main)

librewolf (😏)

vivaldi (no longer have installed except on my phone)

chromium (for webusb)

I’ve got a Steam Deck, and just installed Bazzite onto it, and I’m currently wishing that installing everything was as simple as this. Back when I used Linux daily there wasn’t this whole idea of “rootless” and immutable and sandboxed environments, and just figuring out how to get yad installed for steamtinkerlaunch to work had me faffing about with Nix and Fleek and Distrobox, and they’re all neat if I had the time to learn them but long story short I wish everything was package managers with a simple GUI.

yay for the win

In general I don't like using "store" apps. It's far too trusting for my taste. I go to the source, I don't let somebody curate for me. To do that on linux usually involves using the terminal, which is fine. It's just a little more involved.

I kind of like the workflow on a Windows for installing things better. You enter a site address, download a file (sometimes after scanning it with another website), run the install wizard, you're in.

Definitely not a top concern in any case, these pros and cons are meaningless in the face of choosing security and privileges that come with Linux.