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I wish there was a right click install button for deb files
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I really don't understand why it's not more streamlined, it should work like an exe where I just click it and it installs and handles dependencies automatically.
@MangoPenguin @RommieDroid It’s more so that the people working on “beginner friendly” Linux distros are pushing users towards Software Centers/App stores these days.
Those of us who are familiar with the old ways don’t really have much trouble, but there’s stuff that is a big pain, like #LibreOffice
Installing the latest version of that is easier to do in the terminal and can’t be done as conveniently as what you propose, though I wish it was that easy.
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.
@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.