RQG comments on Based KDE 🗿

[–] RQG@lemmy.world 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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[–] grue@lemmy.world 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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[–] RQG@lemmy.world 33 points 2 years ago

True but it helps get the concept across so much.

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[–] Zamundaaa@discuss.tchncs.de 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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[–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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

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[–] Zamundaaa@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Yes. Flathub wants to become a platform where people and companies can sell their software

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[–] QuandaleDingle@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago*

Well hey, as long as these participating devs maintain that their software remains FOSS, I'd pay up. They do a lot of good work, can't do it all for free.

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[–] Tavarin@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago (18 children)

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

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[–] savedbythezsh@sh.itjust.works 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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[–] Jayayess1190@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

When is the last time you've used it? Microsoft opened it up and now you can find all types of non UWP apps in it.

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[–] flontlocs@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Still ass though.

Just install/update App Installer and use winget.

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[–] numanair@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Most of them are, but there are non UWP apps on there too.

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[–] Tavarin@lemmy.ca 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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[+] aniki@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (8 children)

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[+] AeroLemming@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

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[–] Tavarin@lemmy.ca -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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[–] alsimoneau@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

It can break if you disable telemetry.

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[+] AeroLemming@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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[–] Tavarin@lemmy.ca -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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[+] aniki@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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[–] Tavarin@lemmy.ca -3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Yes, I read that. A couple thousand people out of billions of users were affected, and the problem was resolved. It's really not as big of an issue as you're making it out to be.

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[+] aniki@lemm.ee -2 points 2 years ago*

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[–] FangedWyvern42@lemmy.world 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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[–] Tavarin@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago

For someone like OPs mom it would be more than good enough is my point. She's saying she wished something existed that does indeed exist.

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[–] Cannacheques@slrpnk.net 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

Windows has also had a variety of freeware since before there was never an app store

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[–] Tavarin@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 years ago

Of course, and much of it is on the app store now (which I rarely use myself), but for someone like OPs mom who just wants an easy app store, well there is one.

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