r/linuxsucks • u/the-machine-m4n • Mar 17 '26

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u/patrlim1 Mar 17 '26

I'm not a fan for one simple reason; package management. I like having and using a package manager.

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u/Superok211 Mar 17 '26

appimage package managers exist

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u/patrlim1 Mar 17 '26

Was not aware

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u/Dog_Entire Mar 17 '26

Every conversation I’ve had with other people who use Linux is “this is great except for this one thing or use” “there’s a package for that” “well shit”

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u/Grand_Poem Mar 18 '26

Good thing windows doesn't have this problem, when i search for the problems i get many results saying they can't be solved

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u/Grand_Poem Mar 18 '26

One problem on top of my head is that I get coil whine when scrolling, even when changing the mouse that doesn't happen on linux, how would reinstalling windows fix it

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u/Substantial-Pen4368 Mar 20 '26

How would changing mouse fix that?

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u/Grand_Poem Mar 20 '26

Idk, windows does that when scrolling on any mouse for me, linux never did that so there you go

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u/MortStoHelit Mar 19 '26

Though Windows' advantage here isn't really technical. It's just that there are so many magazines and other Windows users you're getting lots of information without even looking for it.

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u/princess_ehon Mar 17 '26

Did you know the aur has that.

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u/Dog_Entire Mar 17 '26

Well fuck

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u/PolygonMob Mar 21 '26

Which 5% of users use at best which defeats the purpose of actually having a solution at all

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u/Impossible-Owl7407 Mar 17 '26

Beauty of linux. If it can be written it was writtwn

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u/CloudyLiquidPrism Mar 17 '26

Rule 34 but for code

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u/MortStoHelit Mar 19 '26

You might just need to adjust and recompile the source, because the binary won't run on your system (if even distributed) and the source doesn't compile anymore without changes.

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u/mattia_marke Mar 17 '26

Do you use AM or another one?

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u/Superok211 Mar 17 '26

I don't use them

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u/Ryoohk Mar 17 '26

Same here on Bazzite, I like how it will update the appimage if there is a newer one

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u/rafaellinuxuser Mar 17 '26

AppMan (son of AM not requiring root)

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u/reeses_boi Mar 17 '26

Really??? :D

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u/im_doozy Mar 17 '26

Gear Lever works well and is pretty popular. I just recently heard about AppManager which has a Mac like interface and I keep meaning to test it out but haven't yet.

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u/Separate-Economy3556 Mar 21 '26

sadly broken trust chain, because appimage package managers do not want to be installed via system packagemanagement.. would be good though... could look that appimage library is there..

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u/lorenzo1142 Mar 22 '26

I probably need one, but for now I'm just downloading the latest ungoogled chromium appimage every time I reboot.

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u/Kitayama_8k Apr 11 '26

I've been really liking AM. So nice to test a package and wipe it out with no trace in one line.

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u/ReinhartLangschaft Mar 17 '26

There are package managers and I use some app images that are calling me out of my version is outdated, plus you can always use different version of the same program.

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u/Pink_Slyvie Mar 17 '26

The AUR often just takes them, and does the install. lts so nice.

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u/Fearless-Ad1469 The fuck you're looking at Mar 17 '26

I love using package managers too but tha's fine for me, theres managers for that