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Back in August 2024, I discovered a linux distro called Dragora GNU/Linux. Dragora has a unique package manager called qi. For package instalation, Qi feel like installpkg from Slackware. For building package, qi takes some similiar approaches from PKGBUILD (Archlinux) and APKBUILD (Alpine linux). Qi uses a recipe as alternative of PKGBUILD, APKBUILD or slackbuild file to build package. Qi seems universal to use across distros, I’ve been actively using it on Ubuntu, Dragora, and LFS.

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[–] nezach@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 5 days ago

I have a question. What is the differences or which are the benefits of using Qi instead of the integrated package manager of my distro or instead of using nix for that matter?

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world -2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

Is there a question in here somewhere?

I believe Dragora is a Chinese-specific distro. Probably not going to find a lot of help for that here.

[–] bitcrafter@programming.dev 5 points 6 days ago

I think that you may have mistaken this community for !linuxquestions@lemmy.world.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 days ago

Is there a question in here somewhere?

No.

[–] maduncle@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world -1 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] maduncle@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

What ? I don't ask anything.