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You paid me, a long-time Linux user, to use Windows 11 exclusively for a month: here’s how it went (www.osnews.com)
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[–] 2 points 4 months ago* (1 child)

I would gladly use only one package manager, but different applications offer different types of downloads. Do this for 30 applications, and you will probably need 3-4 package managers or install methods that do not auto update. Example:

  • Firefox: ppa, because that has always been the fastest and most convenient
  • Krita: flatpak, since the others suck
  • Qbittorrent: only AppImage
  • Godot: native executable
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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    My distro's package manager will quite happily install all of those. From the main distro repo, even. I don't see any reason why I would mess around with flatpaks or other distribution methods.

    I can literally count on one hand the pieces of non-game software I use that are installed from outside my distro's package manager (there's three if you include the inkscape plugin to drive my vinyl cutter).

    So I repeat, this is either a distro issue or related to how you, personally, prefer to manage your system. It is not a general Linux issue.

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