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

submitted 1 day 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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[-] RommieDroid@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago

I'm not so sure about those beginner-friendly distros, they seem a little doggy and miss out on the massive work that the Debian and Ubuntu teams do that a smaller team can not. Snap is good for small, one time use or untrusted apps. But most of the time, its performance is really slow. It needs some work.

[-] bryceac@mastodon.world 4 points 1 day ago

@RommieDroid Most of them are based on Ubuntu, such as Mint and the stagnated Pop! OS.

I can’t say what they are all like, but Ubuntu and its family are all the ones adopting a software center/App store these days.

In the past, I remember using Synaptic for searching for software, which was just a GUI front end for APT.

I’ve been using Nala lately in my VMs though.

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