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    submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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 2 months 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
    [–] GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)
    [–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

    Nix is cool but also incredibly painful

    [–] GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

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

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

    [–] wonderfulvoltaire@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)
    [–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 8 points 2 months 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 2 months 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.

    [–] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 months ago

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

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