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[–] 192 points 2 years ago (44 children)

"But can Linux install things via a single .exe file? HAHAH EAT IT NERD!"

- 10'ish years ago past me, before discovering the magical wonders of the package manager

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  • [–] 69 points 2 years ago (25 children)

    I found since people are used to app stores, I've had a much easier time convincing people to try out Linux. My mom even said that she always wished her windows PC had a proper app store.

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  • [–] 46 points 2 years ago* (5 children)

    I think it's still important to explain the key difference between an "app store" and a package repository: the latter isn't a "store" because everything is free.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Thst might change with Flathub's ambitions to become an actual app store though

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Did I just heard that right? Flathub wants to charge for software?

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (18 children)

    But Windows does have an app store, and has for ages now.

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago (13 children)

    Yeah but it's awful, and can only install UWP apps which are just plain bad

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (9 children)

    Sure, but pretty much every common application most people use is available, which is fine for the majority of people such as OPs mom.

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  • [–] -5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    What crap machine are you running? I can open the store on my Surface 3 I've had for nearly a decade.

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  • [–] -4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I don't think getting instagram, or photoshop off the microsoft store is giving anyone a virus. And I've never gotten a virus from it in the few times I've used it.

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

    It’s not that good. It’s ok (especially now that it’s been unshackled from the hell of UWP), but it’s not as good as most Linux options.

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  • [–] 48 points 2 years ago (12 children)

    With app images it's easier than installing. Although the chmod step will deter the typical windows user

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  • [–] 33 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    What chmod step?

    When I clicked on new app image, the OS told me, that program /name of app/ will be launched, I clicked "Continue" and it runs! No meddling with "chmod" or anything like that.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    ELF and .sh files need to be set executable, chmod +x file, before they can be run, unless your DE does that for you

    Dunno about appimages

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    With file managers, for example in thunar, you can select Properties -> Permissions -> Allow this file to run as a program

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

    also for non-KDE, non-Gnome systems, there’s appimaged – requires a little more setup, but handles the set executable, automates the AppImage integration (.desktop files and menus), keeps a watch on specific folders for new AppImages, and provides a way to check for updates

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    I installed Linux a few weeks ago and it was on Tuesday I wanted to add some programs I had installed (it was mGBA and melonDS) to my steam launcher, I went through the hassle of making a . desktop file for both of them (I was dumb and used a Ubuntu based distro, so it installed as a snap, which sucks hard on a hdd) and then it wouldn't launch, I searched up again (I was using chatGPT for all of this, I asked it a lot how to do stuff, it's like this was it's purpose beacuse it always worked first try), did the chmod x+ command and then I was done

    Just to see it not launch :/

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    How do you actually install an AppImage? I figured out how to use them, but not how to install them.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    There is no install needed, you can just edit permissions and make the file executable and then when you open it or click it the app runs.

    What won't be created by default is an application menu to run it from whatever desktop environment you use. You can create those if you wish. You can create a launcher in the menu manually, or you can use a tool called AppImageLauncher to create these for you.

    There's a pretty good explanation here: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1311600/add-an-appimage-application-to-the-top-menu-bar

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I still am intimidated by the terminal as I've only had slight experience with CMD

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Honestly, if all you've ever experienced in regards to terminals is windows CMD, then you really haven't seen much. I mean that possitively. Actually, it will give you a far worse impression on what using a Linux / Unix terminal can be like (speaking as someone who spent what feel's like years in terminals, of which the least amount in windows CMD).

    I suggest to simply play around with a Linux terminal (e.g. install VirtualBox,.then use it to install e.g. Ubuntu, then follow some simple random "Linux terminal beginner tutorial" you can find online).

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago*

    Don't worry about the terminal until or unless you have something to do that needs it, then follow a guide

    Incidentally if a guide tells you to run a program in terminal, you can check what that program is supposed to do

    • man command (eg. man mount) gives you the manual, if it has a manual
    • command -h or --help gives you the command's help page - pipe it through "less" if it's more than a single screen eg: ls -h | less
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