ryujin470 to No Stupid Questions • 3 days agoWhat are the main criticisms of Linux in desktop platforms?message-square88fedilinkarrow-up172arrow-down11file-text
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minus-square@DragonsInARoomlink3•2 days agoFor me if an application isn’t on the pop-shop then its very hard to install, I’ve had people tell me to just not download things from the internet, but when the application I need isn’t on the pop-shop or the repos its a non-starter.
minus-square@crabArmslink3•2 days agoDownloading the .deb from the website is very hard? Not being sarcastic, hoping to understand
minus-square@DragonsInARoomlink3•2 days agoIf its a flarpack it just works, but most other formats I’ve had enough trouble with to not bother with them anymore. Incl .debs.
minus-square@TownhouseGloryHolelink2•2 days agoDebs should work just fine on a Debian based os like pop.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•2 days agoUbuntu is based on Debian, so Pop_OS! still uses .deb
minus-square@JeremyHuntQW12link0•edit-22 days ago Debs should work just fine on a Debian based os like pop. hahahahahahaha Downloading the .deb from the website is very hard? Not being sarcastic, hoping to understand It has to be specific to your distro, and your version of the distro, and compatible with any modules you’ve added. Ain’t gunna happen. This is why containers like flatpacks and snaps were developed.
For me if an application isn’t on the pop-shop then its very hard to install, I’ve had people tell me to just not download things from the internet, but when the application I need isn’t on the pop-shop or the repos its a non-starter.
Downloading the .deb from the website is very hard? Not being sarcastic, hoping to understand
If its a flarpack it just works, but most other formats I’ve had enough trouble with to not bother with them anymore. Incl .debs.
Debs should work just fine on a Debian based os like pop.
Pop-os is Ubuntu based as far as I’m aware
Ubuntu is based on Debian, so Pop_OS! still uses .deb
hahahahahahaha
It has to be specific to your distro, and your version of the distro, and compatible with any modules you’ve added. Ain’t gunna happen.
This is why containers like flatpacks and snaps were developed.