• SavvyWolf@pawb.socialEnglish
    2·
    1 month ago

    This is why you use Arch/Nix because the package is likely in their repos.

    The software probably still won’t work, but you can waste more time on it.

  • bstix@feddit.dk
    1·
    1 month ago

    The last picture in the meme always bothered me, because the sequence doesn’t make any sense physically. (Popping the rake from mid air and doing the wrong flip and such)

    So, I went on to find the sequence that I believe it was drawn from.

  • palordrolap@fedia.io
    1·
    1 month ago

    Last week was the first time I think I’ve ever got a random Internet tarball to configure, make and make install. Program even did what it was supposed to too. I was amazed.

    • Petter1@discuss.tchncs.de
      1·
      27 days ago

      They work most of the time and I liked them, until I installed my first app that did not work because of the container thing and learning about and using flatseal ate so much of my time, that I never did it again.

      I only use yay to install stuff now. And if not on AUR I make (copy and adjust existing) my own PKGBUILD, or find one on a random page of a user who did not publish to AUR yet.

    • NaibofTabr@infosec.pubEnglish
      1·
      1 month ago

      Flatpaks are better than Snaps, but properly maintained dependency trees and SBOMs are best, by a wide margin.

      • Petter1@discuss.tchncs.de
        1·
        27 days ago

        I like appimages that are packages on AUR installed and updated using yay, so that I never ever learn that it is in fact a appimage disguised as repo package.

      • wheezy@lemmy.ml
        1·
        1 month ago

        I rarely encounter them. But they usually work when I do. But, ugh, they’re just kinda gross. Like, is this a .exe? No thank you. Don’t give me windows trauma.

        • Damage@feddit.it
          1·
          1 month ago

          I’m always like, “well, now where do I put this executable?”

          But they do work

          • wheezy@lemmy.ml
            1·
            1 month ago

            Clearly in $HOME/Downloads/ and forget that you left it there. Then use app(3).AppImage the next time when you redownload it. Keeps you running the most up to date version. It’s flawless.

    • Deebster@infosec.pubEnglish
      1·
      1 month ago

      Nothing that useful, apart from learning again that reading error messages properly can save you much pain.

  • ian@feddit.ukEnglish
    1·
    1 month ago

    As a non IT person I find Linux way better for installing software. The sort of apps non IT people use. The Software store has most of what I need. There rest I install the Windows way. From a website. Apps with a Linux version almost always detect and offer a Linux button to click to install. I wouldn’t know what to do if that didn’t work. Ditch that application I guess. My distros are pretty standard. Not hacked about. My apps are not too weird. I’ve been doing it this way for 14+ years. Never needed the CLI either.

  • bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works
    01·
    1 month ago

    Glad im not the only one. Thats one thing that makes me go man, people will never leave windows for this, this is insanely complex to juat install a program.

    I find it fun to learn tho

    • reddifuge@lemmy.world
      0·
      1 month ago

      Windows; have to search online for correct website, sift through ads to find the download, install while avoiding malware or extra programs that try to install alongside.

      Linux; Sudo pacman -S firefox. Done

      • bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works
        0·
        1 month ago

        This is true for some but it doesn’t work like that in reality. Its much easier to install on windows vs linux, thats just how it is.

        Don’t even get started on flatpak vs .Deb vs compiling vs snap…explaining that to a windows user makes them about lose their mind.

        Windows wins here. Click exe. Install. Done. AND the benefit of being allowed to install to a different hard drive, which linux will not allow without a ton of hoop jumping.

        Linux is great but let’s not pretend windows doesn’t do certain things much better.

        Also, not being able to see all your installed programs in one place because they are a blend of .Deb, snap, flatpaks, and compiled. It becomes a mess very quick if youre not careful.

        • Petter1@discuss.tchncs.de
          1·
          27 days ago

          WARNING MAY SEEM A BIT HARAH,
          this is a meme community, so pls take this as satire

          As if you would see all your installed apps on one place in windows, lol

          Only most, but that is the same on Linux. Only if you go to Linux thinking it should be complex it will go complex

          If you just stay at the install way your distro wants you to use, you will get no mess.

          Arch -> yay Opensuse -> gui and https://software.opensuse.org/packages Fedora -> flatpak Ubuntu -> snap Debian -> APT Nix -> the nix file thingy

          My opinion is to pick distro based on how you want install apps preferably as main deciding factor

          Result will be same as on windows, most apps will use the standard way and will all be listed on the same place, and you will have some obscure apps from cocky devs who think that only their preferred install way is correct and that everyone say something else is stupid

        • reddifuge@lemmy.world
          1·
          1 month ago

          It does work like that in reality for almost all programs.

          For obscure stuff you can use yay or whatever other user repository you want.

          yay “program name”. Done

          I’ve been doing this for years without issue.

          Also you can list all your installed programs. On Arch it’s pacman -Q and yay -Qm.

          It’s so easy a baby could do it. And apparently arch is supposed to be the most difficult.

          • bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works
            0·
            1 month ago

            You’re forgetting, not every program in the world exists in your repository.

            When they do, great, but doesn’t always happen. Make mkv for one, you have to get the linux version off their site custom.

            Also it seems you may be one of those people driving people away from linux saying normies are idiots and need to rtfm. Maybe work on that.