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I wish there was a right click install button for deb files (programming.dev)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/linux@programming.dev
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I know it's not that hard $ dpkg -i but opening the terminal gives normies an aneurysm and thanks to the crazy gatekeeping gen alpha doesn't know what a file type is now.

I use Ubuntu btw. Personally, the App store's on Linux confused me a ton, setting up Flatpak and some other package repositories. I much preferred the windows way, shocker, with just downloading and double-click the exe file.

Do I have to make a pull request myself to get this done, or what is the debate on this?

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[–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

I'm not so sure about those beginner-friendly distros, they seem a little doggy and miss out on the massive work that the Debian and Ubuntu teams do that a smaller team can not. Snap is good for small, one time use or untrusted apps. But most of the time, its performance is really slow. It needs some work.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    @RommieDroid Most of them are based on Ubuntu, such as Mint and the stagnated Pop! OS.I can’t say what they are all like, but Ubuntu and its family are all the ones adopting a software center/App store these days.In the past, I remember using Synaptic for searching for software, which was just a GUI front end for APT.I’ve been using Nala lately in my VMs though.

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