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Did we kill Linux's killer feature?
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this post was submitted on 17 Sep 2023
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Huh, I stopped using Linux long ago, and I hardly understand any of the issues you are facing... can someone ELI5?
Packages are native to the distribution you are using.
All the other are apps packaged as all in one mini containers.
Your software manager should be capable of handling all this in a fairly reasonable way.
You may want to research this topic a bit, but use whatever works and don't read too much into these nerd discussions.
Thank you!
Recently there's been a push on Linux for containerized "apps" that come bundled with their dependencies windows style. Ubuntu has been the one really pushing this with their implementation called "snaps" which has made a lot of people very angry and is widely regarded as a bad idea.
I see, thank you for the heads up.