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Make a Linux App (makealinux.app)
submitted 11 months ago by pnutzh4x0r@lemmy.ndlug.org to c/linux@lemmy.ml

Make a Linux app. Stop making distributions.

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[-] syd@lemy.lol 95 points 11 months ago

WDYM so I shouldn’t make an anime flavored, Arch based distro named Archuwu?

[-] cerement@slrpnk.net 28 points 11 months ago

UwUntu needs some competition

[-] Murdoc@sh.itjust.works 9 points 11 months ago

I can totally picture this. Cutesy sound effects, characters pulling up/down menus, sparkle effects...
Where can I get it?

[-] cocolopez@lemmy.world 25 points 11 months ago

ETA iso, wen?

[-] CatTrickery@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

Reminds me of this

[-] Doombot1@lemmy.one 8 points 11 months ago

Where is it? Give it to me now

[-] uis@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

You can make pony flavored Debian based distro named Derpian

[-] PixxlMan@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

You should, and you shouldn't let anyone stop you!

[-] Helix@feddit.de 4 points 11 months ago

Bruh this is needed

[-] dsemy@lemm.ee 71 points 11 months ago

Make a Linux app, make a Linux distro, who cares...

How about you just let people do what they enjoy doing.

[-] Murdoc@sh.itjust.works 33 points 11 months ago

Make a Linux app, not war.

[-] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 28 points 11 months ago

Yeah, this is obnoxious.

It's also truly terrible at being persuasive.

[-] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 32 points 11 months ago

The “Where to start” section should be a “Not You” meme, with Electron in the middle square

[-] mvirts@lemmy.world 30 points 11 months ago

Is this site insane? On Linux I have access to so many more applications than other platforms. Sorry apple, ios apps repeating the same thing infinitely doesn't count.

[-] GyozaPower@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

You are comparing Apples to oranges. While it may be true that Linux may have more software available, in my experience macOS has a shit ton of productivity software as well, and many times, due to being for-profit, of higher quality. That's exactly why I've been thinking about giving my own try to making a launcher like Raycast for Linux.

[-] smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 11 months ago

Can completely agree. On Apple systems I can find a ton of productivity and editing software, but no luck doing things like file operations or automating. On Linux I can find absolutely anything related to processing data, customization, science or protocol clients, but no luck finding good note taking tool.

[-] mvirts@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

I think I live in a foss bubble, haven't paid for software for... Too long 😹. Would you make it foss or paid or something else?

[-] GyozaPower@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

If I were to end up doing it (too many things I would like to do, too little time), I'd do it foss. At most I'd paywall features that have an ongoing cost (like hosting or server costs), though I am a bigger fan of keeping things local. That way its simpler and also easier to trust.

Personally, I think that paying for software isn't a bad thing as long as the price is right and the licensing reasonable (I really hate unnecessary subscriptions). Devs (specially if working on complex stuff) got to eat too, and sometimes donations aren't enough.

[-] novakeith@links.dartboard.social 5 points 11 months ago

Yeah I recently went back to Linux as a daily driver and was blown away how easy stuff like flatpaks made it to do everything I need quickly. That wasn’t the case last time I used Linux for something more than a quick and dirty VM host.

[-] uis@lemmy.world 23 points 11 months ago

Electron? Really? At this point you should pick web app.

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[-] GustavoM@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

It's fun and games... until you get lots of "...just like X command?" commentaries from randoms. Until you get sick of such and decide to do something non-productive instead. Unless there is money included in the former.

t. Been there, done that.

[-] OddFed@feddit.de 5 points 11 months ago

"Yes, exactly like this 🦆 command I didn't know of before."

[-] aluminium@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

Its not like there many Windows "Apps" being made. Almost everything these days is web based on the desktop.

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[-] furycd001@lemmy.ml 7 points 11 months ago

How about instead of making yet another Linux distro, you just make an install script instead? I'm personally more likely to try out an install script over a totally pointless ISO....

[-] CatTrickery@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

I'm sorry but no AUR mention?

[-] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

Maybe we need a new distro that comes with vscode installed so we don’t have to do it!

[-] noisypine@infosec.pub 3 points 11 months ago

I'm interested in new distributions, but it really needs to do something new. Different default packages with a handful of custom things on top of an existing distro just doesn't cut it. Give me a NixOS, Puppy Linux, ReactOS(I know it's not a distro) or something else unique. I'm tired of Debian/Ubuntu based distros, if I wanted Debian or Ubuntu, I would use them.

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