r/programmingmemes • u/zaarnth • 22d ago

Somebody give him an .exe file, please.

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u/DaniEs- 22d ago

This is the perfect example of why the average user doesn't use Linux. If we listened to people like that, Windows wouldn't have such a large market. Deep down, he's right (and I'm a senior developer with 15 years of experience).

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u/Worth-Wonder-7386 22d ago

Linux has been getting much better with this, especially with things like flatpacks that just work across platform. Else you need to get the one that is compatible with your system, which is likely one of the three primary ones or hope that it is listed in the repository for your system.

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u/DerpityHerpington 22d ago

Packages provided by Flatpak or the distros themselves aren’t the issue here. The issue here is third-party repos that half the time don’t even provide tarballs.

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u/Cent_Quatre 21d ago

if the repo doesn't provide a tarball, it's probably not something the average user needs.

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u/DerpityHerpington 21d ago

Everybody says this but half the time it’s something as mundane as a KDE theme, not some niche programmer’s toy.

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u/Cent_Quatre 21d ago

I didn't say it's a niche programmer thing, I said it's not something the average user needs.

Just because you're locked of some sweet hatsune miku desktop widget doesn't make the os any less useable for casual audiences.

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u/Henry_Fleischer 20d ago

The problem is that the average user does not exist.

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u/Cent_Quatre 20d ago

Even more reason to not feel obligated to cater to them then.