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    [–] Godnroc -2 points 7 months ago (6 children)

    In much the way I am aware of the Windows store: I avoid it and work to get the software directly from the source. I regularly run into the issue of software not being there or being of unknown version.

    Perhaps that is some bias from Windows following me over.

    [–] [email protected] 31 points 7 months ago

    That is definitely your Windows bias haunting you. Package managers are the way to get software on your Linux distro. Going straight to the source has it's place, but for 95% of use cases, you should be using your package manager.

    [–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago

    In much the way I am aware of the Windows store: I avoid it and work to get the software directly from the source.

    That is not the way things work on Linux - the repos essentially are the source. It is intended for apps to be packaged and distributed through official repos precisely to avoid the issues you listed, which are more often issues of downloading from sites. Package managers take care of incompatible versions and conflicts. That's definitely a Windows bias my friend :P

    [–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

    Ok but imagine if Microsoft got altruistic and made the Windows store to be as helpful as possible and not as a marketing or user control scheme. That’s the package manager in Linux.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

    Wait, are you setting up PPAs? If you're using a user-friendly distro, either flathub should be enabled by default or the AUR is easily accessible with pamac or the chaotic-AUR. If software availability is a problem, I don't know what to tell you; I think you started with a more difficult distribution than you intended to. PPAs suck.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

    You're doing it wrong. Get it from your package manager lol