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I wish there was a right click install button for deb files (programming.dev)

submitted 21 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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[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I'm open to conversion!

[–] smiletolerantly@awful.systems 3 points 8 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 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Well, NixOS is mostly for enthusiasts and it's very much the opposite of beginner friendly.

The idea is that you configure your system in a configuration file, then run a command that makes your system match exactly what you configured.

So instead of apt install or similar you just add the package to your config, run a single command to rebuild the system and you're done.

Which also means you're mostly on your own, most guides for other distros don't work and the documentation on how to do the things in NixOS are very incomplete. It's nice and fun, but definitely not for an average user.