DISCLAIMER: Arch Linux is not a beginner friendly distribution, and this is not a recommendation or good practice.
I know how to use pacman -S. I have yet to experience a Discover related issue after months of use.
It should be βyay [wanted program]β instead of βKDE discoveryβ in my opinion
Installing something on arch is easy imo. The CLI is simple and well enough documented, and the package build system is easy to use. For comparison with ubuntu: pacman -S name is not harder than apt install name. And try to install something on ubuntu if it's not in the official package repos.
Did pacman get packagekit support or are we just talking about flatpaks here?
IME, KDE Discover and similar app stores are so unreliable, telling beginners to use them is akin to harmful misinformation
If you need a GUI software manager, my suggestion is to not use arch
I'm not an expert, but I thought on Arch you are specifically not supposed to use the discover store because it can cause partial updates which can in turn cause major problems.
However, the point still stands, pacman and the AUR are easy and have nearly everything.
why do people get intimidated by installing an arch package?
i recently wanted to play morrowind and i use the terminal like a search engine for programs. i just typed "yay openmw" and voila it was there, checked in the aur if the package is clean and installed it by clicking enter 3 times.
and i thout "yay ^_^ that was easy! :3", got off a ship in seyda neen and killed fargoth with my bare fists as soon as i locked eyes with him.
Yay -S "Am I a joke for you?"
pacman -S app
The original image gives me strong "Shepard, Tali, and Garrus doing shenanigans" vibes.
Pamac is great too, and it can run all your updates at shutdown.
Pacman -Syu java
Windows users : π¨π¨π°
sudo pacman -S (name), far easier than any gui in my opinion.
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