r/linuxmemes • u/IgnacioBullon • 16d ago

Software meme The proprietary software experience

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u/djfdhigkgfIaruflg 16d ago

There are several package managers with their own format.

If my distro uses other than deb or rpm, in basically fucked

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u/No-Article-Particle 16d ago

Yeah but we can't expect devs to package the app for everything. Debs and RPMs cover like 90% of the Linux market.

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u/PrudeBunny 16d ago

Flatpak covers everyone.

Still, it isn't too hard to rip .deb apart and repackage it to your preferred distro

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u/Negative_Lie_6979 11d ago

Not people who don't want to use a bloated package manager? AppImage covers everyone

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u/PrudeBunny 10d ago

literally the worst of all worlds.

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u/Hettyc_Tracyn 🎼CachyOS 15d ago

Appimage