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I wish there was a right click install button for deb files (programming.dev)
submitted 16 hours ago by RommieDroid@programming.dev to c/linux@programming.dev
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I know it's not that hard $ dpkg -i but opening the terminal gives normies an aneurysm and thanks to the crazy gatekeeping gen alpha doesn't know what a file type is now.

I use Ubuntu btw. Personally, the App store's on Linux confused me a ton, setting up Flatpak and some other package repositories. I much preferred the windows way, shocker, with just downloading and double-click the exe file.

Do I have to make a pull request myself to get this done, or what is the debate on this?

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[–] smiletolerantly@awful.systems 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Ah, understandable.

May I talk to you about our lord and savio, NixOS? (Only kinda /s)

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I'm open to conversion!

[–] smiletolerantly@awful.systems 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Nice!

How much do you know of nix? (Just gauging where I should start in my propaganda script :D)

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Nothing, besides seeing the name on some memes.

I'm not a sysadmin and I want a computer that just works, to the extent that that's possible. I'll fix stuff that needs fixing, but ideally I don't need to do much. I'm not a customizer, so themes and rice and stuff go over my head. I don't have any real ideological bent - FOSS is lovely but if I need proprietary to get my ultrawide monitor working or whatever, I'll use it.

I like the KDE I'm using now (though I understand I'm a major version behind!) but am not afraid to try something else. I play games with Steam and Lutris, most of which work some of the time.