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I understand that people treat snap as if it was a contagious virus but the developers chose the method purposely. A lot of KDE apps are only distributed as snaps for example, k3b comes to mind. VLC as well.
There are flatpak versions but they aren't official, which defeats the point a bit.
I do however plan to somehow add the ability to prefer flatpak, since a few of the entries have both a flatpak and snap field.
Yep. I did automate it the best I could (I'm not creating entries for thousands of apps manually) but it will indeed require manual maintenance as the apps will change their installation methods over time.
But why choose snap only? Flatpak works on Ubuntu just fine, and on other distros obviously, so they could just choose that. Blender only officially support snap too. Vivaldi for example made a blog post about how snap has better sandboxing of chromium. https://social.vivaldi.net/@ruario/113164179328218870
It's meant for people who prefer their apps from the official sources rather than repackaged. All this script dies is make it easy so you don't have to google the app's name and search for an install method on its website.
I like to get software directly from the developers, and this just makes it easier. I don't want to compile anything, and I don't mind any of the package formats. I just don't like that every app uses a different one so it's a pain in the ass to install them.
Whether you trust the list not to execute malicious commands is up to
What do you mean by stagnated? I don't keep up with its development but it seems pretty feature-complete.
If developers move on to something else I will modify the database accordingly. But as long as snap and flatpak are the official methods they will stay.
Well guess what, I don't use or want to use Arch. Pretty sure there's a nix recipe too, possibly a Void or FreeBSD one too. They aren't maintaind by KDE itself.
Android works much better, no doubt in that regard, but I think the chance of this script breaking your system is very low. The vast majority of the apps are flatpaks, then snaps, tarballs, AppImages, and only then a few .debs. I try to avoid them because even if you are on Debian/Ubuntu after a few years your version will stop being supported, whereas snaps will continue to work for 10 years.
This is concerning. Hopefully they manage to keep it running as if the standard for packaging software on Linux disappears, companies would return to tarballs.
I like the separation between system packages and apps. A random system library being out of date doesn't matter to me as long as it receives security patches. But I will not use out of date GUI apps when I don't have to.
Could you link some of those other options? I tried searching for something similar and found nothing. I know about LURE which got abandoned and didn't have the same goal.
Check the database and finds an entry I made, because as it turns out, the only official audacity package is an AppImage built for Ubuntu 22.04. So it launches a command that retrieves the latest AppImage even if I don't update the database as it tries to fetch the latest version number and download the appimage based on that.
Ignore the .1, this is from a VM I test the app on and it's a mess
TLDR: mpm runs search commands for all package manager, my script's database was created manually. This means a lot of apps will be missing but when I come across something that's not there, I add it. Whether this approach is a good idea in the long run, I don't know. I just felt like creating a proof of concept of the idea.
Know the difference. Chris the Femboy on the left with a text under him saying "Femboy". A picture of an ale with hair, eyes and the :3 face is on the right, looking at him with a text saying "FemAle".
Everything else is FOSS besides the server and snaps can even be installed locally. I wrote a section of an article about most of the complaints. Most of the complaints I hear are just elitistic bullshit that makes new users confused and spreads misinformation.
I have to ask, when was the last time you even looked at a screenshot of Ubuntu? That script is from the Unity era. The first lines remove a shopping lense. Not a thing since 2016. And even if it was still somehow valid which it's not, it's mostly hardening the OS. Yes, stock Ubuntu is not an impenetrable fortress. No distro is.
Ten minutes ago, I was watching the moon while listening to music. Specifically, "My Castle Town" by Toby Fox. And I just started crying. Tears of joy. I realized just how much I enjoy living. The pretty view of The Moon, the beautiful melody... ...
I try to see the world and everything in it for what it really is. I don't believe in fate, god, karma, souls, etc. The way I see it, I'm depressed and don't enjoy life because I'm just a collection of electrical signals/chemical processes inside of my brian. And my brain is fucked. I can't relate to people who genuinely enjoy life. I get sparks of happyness but spend most of the time being miserable.
Another personal reasons for why I don't enjoy life is change. I know that no change = no progress = boredom, but I still despise it. And look at that, literally everything in life changes all the fucking time. Loved ones die, pets die, the tech I love slowly dies out.
And then there is the looming threat of dying at any moment because I'm a fragile organism that can die even while sleeping. That terrifies me to no end. Just suddenly not existing. And yes I have watched motivational videos advocating for why we shouldn't fear death. I'm not buying it.
If life isnt enjoyable, would disappearing really make a difference?
I think I wouldn't mind being dead, as I couldn't feel anything anyways. But existing and then suddenly not even knowing I don't exist sounds very scary. When I forget what I was thinking about a few seconds ago, at least I know that I did forget about something. I think the fear stems from the fact that no one can even imagine how death feels like. Sleeping or being in a coma isn't even close as it feels like a time skip.
He is a true CEO of Linux. Has no clue about what he's doing but he's very confident. He should've at least read a tiny bit about how this works. Such as, you can't go and install apt packages without updating your system first, or else you will run into issues. You also can't use a GUI apt frontend as well as apt via the command line. Some of the errors he encountered are totally Ubuntu's fault tho, such as the broken installer.
Firefox is literally not in Ubuntu's repos anymore. They didn't want to maintain it as Mozilla agreed to just make the Snap version that works across all Ubuntu versions and anywhere else.
What should the command do? Just fail? Instead it clearly tells you it's downloading the snap of Firefox.
In fact if it was up to me I would just get rid of most GUI apps from the repos that have a snap/flatpak equivalent.
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I created a script for installing Linux apps from their official sources
I created a script that always installs apps from their official source ...
I came up with this in the evening and still found it funny in the morning, so here it is.
This could also be a good skill to know
The original meme says "How to snap 1 specific person from existence"
Snap bad
Oh how much I adore them
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There are also no good Switch games (I refuse to buy any and only download the free ones from the eShop)
Winter mornings are cold but nice
The Snap Dish Doesn't Make Sense
This time not as an error message
Why do some people not enjoy living?
Ten minutes ago, I was watching the moon while listening to music. Specifically, "My Castle Town" by Toby Fox. And I just started crying. Tears of joy. I realized just how much I enjoy living. The pretty view of The Moon, the beautiful melody... ...
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Samtime: I Tried Switching to Linux (comedy) ( www.youtube.com )
Ubuntu spotted in the latest Mark Rober video
The moment in the video: https://youtu.be/6KcV1C1Ui5s&t=938