Beautiful. (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 82 points 1 day ago (34 children)

Literally easier than Windows.

People are falling for this and downloading software from unofficial websites.

Linux is super easy.

  • Debian-based: # apt install firefox
  • Red-Hat-based: # dnf in firefox
  • Arch: # pacman -S firefox
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  • [–] 28 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    click the store basket icon.

    type the name of the program.

    press install.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 hours ago (1 child)

    I need to point out that in this case most probably will be installed snap/flatpack package (unless you mean some UI for native package manager), which is a sandboxed package and can/will have issues with things like file access.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 hours ago (1 child)

    I use discover on opensuse tumbleweed. Simple, easy, and I can choose the source from flathub and tumbleweed when both are available.

    I did have an issue once but it turned out that it was network related and not my config.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 hours ago* (1 child)

    Well, it's not like problems are guaranteed, most things just work, except maybe Steam.

    I heard there was big investment from Germany into flatpack, I hope it become more polished, it would be great. I do like fully native apps, but I like stability and ease of install better.

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  • [–] 4 points 12 hours ago (1 child)

    The reason tutorials are always based on terminal commands is because it's much harder to describe directions for a GUI, and it's also a lot more prone to change. When the command is just a single line, not images or dependencies, that's obviously better.

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  • [–] 30 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    TBF, on Debian apt install firefox installs firefox-esr, and on Ubuntu it's a placeholder that installs the snap package. Both work and are clearly better than downloading from random websites, but they do come with surprises for unsuspecting users.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    Ok but also winget install mozilla.firefox

    It’s not binary

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