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Snap out of it (lemmy.zip)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by 299792458ms@lemmy.zip to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
 

How do you guys get software that is not in your distribution's repositories?

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[–] RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works 46 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I’m currently on a atomic distro, so how I get my software from favorite to least favorite is this:

  1. Flatpak
  2. Appimage
  3. Fedora distrobox
  4. rpm-ostree
[–] wonderfulvoltaire@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 7 points 3 weeks ago

As it should be, don't do that.

Doctor, when I do this it hurts...

Also, you're creating a disk image...

[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 4 points 3 weeks ago

It is. I also wonder if there was a model that accomplishes the same thing but with less image copying.

Like, make snapshots every day, but manual installs are not snapshotted but still tracked with ostree. So you can revert them, display them transparently etc.

[–] GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Nix is cool but also incredibly painful

[–] GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I use nix package manager on fedora silverblue. It's awesome.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 weeks ago

It just is overly complex. Nix has its own environment instead of just being a regular package manager.

[–] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 weeks ago

finally, somebody in this thread who doesn't live in the past.

System package manager is for system binaries. Not for applications.