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    Snap out of it (lemmy.zip)
    submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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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    [–] communism@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Artix repos > Arch repos > existing AUR package > create my own AUR package

    No need to use any of these flatpak/appimage/snaps when I can just make a package for my distro. Most software is not difficult to package.

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    [–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)
    [–] Hupf 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    Every February, I emerge qtwebengine to keep us warm.

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    [–] nicknonya@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 month ago

    it's called snap cos thats what the community will do to your bones if you use it. apparently

    [–] Petter1@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    I don’t really like neither of the 3, personally. But I understand the need and the benefits

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    [–] gencha@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago (4 children)
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    [–] PrimeErective@startrek.website 6 points 1 month ago

    For some reason the first time I read it, I thought it was an "L" so now I always call them "Apple mages"

    [–] Mwa@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    How do you guys get software that is not in your distribution’s repositories?

    Since i use a gaming arch based distro (Cachyos) the aur

    [–] deczzz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 month ago

    .deb first and then flatpak if not available as on deb repo or if deb version is outdated. Never used appimage or snap. Rpm just as good as deb when I use Fedora. Flatpaks are much larger in size which is why I first go with the deb version.

    [–] thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

    Nix, if not in nix pkg for nix, then nix

    [–] hjjanger@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

    I have yet to find a need to go outside of the Debian repos.

    [–] BF2040@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    I understand appimages. I use them exclusively. Can someone explain what flatpak and SNAP are and how they work? I have autism so please be as clear and concise as possible?

    [–] Darorad@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    The easiest way to think of it is flatpaks are AppImages with a repository and snaps are flatpaks but bad.

    That has benefits and detriments. Appimages contain everything they need to run, flatpak's mostly do, but can also use runtimes that are shared between flatpaks.

    All flatpaks are sandboxed, which tends to make them more secure. AppImages can be sandboxed, but many aren't.

    Flatpaks tend to integrate with the host system better, you can (kinda) theme them, their updates are handled via the flatpak repo, and they register apps with the system.

    AppImages are infinitely more portable. Everything's in one file, so you can pretty much just copy that to any system and you have the app.

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    [–] flashgnash@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

    AppImage, build from source, or don't bother

    [–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Install from source if there isn't a repo for the software.

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