ryujin470@fedia.io to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhat are the main criticisms of Linux in desktop platforms?message-squaremessage-square90linkfedilinkarrow-up173arrow-down12file-text
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minus-squareDragonsInARoom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year 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-squarecrabArms@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoDownloading the .deb from the website is very hard? Not being sarcastic, hoping to understand
minus-squareDragonsInARoom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year 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-squareTownhouseGloryHole@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoDebs should work just fine on a Debian based os like pop.
minus-squareDragonsInARoom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoPop-os is Ubuntu based as far as I’m aware
minus-squareowsei@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoUbuntu is based on Debian, so Pop_OS! still uses .deb
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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
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