Have you ever found a GitHub project or anything that seemed nice and tempting to install until you dug a bit deeper?

What are some red flags that should detur anyone from installing and running something?

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[–] 3 points 4 months ago (6 children)

do we not like Debian packages here?

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  • [+] -7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (5 children)

    If there is no Flatpak or AppImage it is not a serious project. There are many distros that are not debian or rpm based. Linux projects should be portable.

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    I like them because I’m old, and tired of distro-specific packages like rpm and deb. I want a thing that works no matter my distro of choice this week. The linux ecosystem is much larger than Debian.

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