How do you guys get software that is not in your distribution’s repositories?

  • aesthelete@lemmy.world
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    I hate fucking snap. It might be enough to make me switch distros if Ubuntu keeps up with it (which I am sure they intend to).

    The continual “you have new snaps” or whatever it was message every time I’m just trying to have a web browser open made me eventually figure out how to install firefox for real on all of my computers.

    EDIT: I think you may have convinced me to try out Debian on my next OS installation.

    • hperrin@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      The Firefox snap was the reason I left Ubuntu. (Or, the last straw, at least.) Fedora has been wonderful.

    • InverseParallax@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Try debian, they improved so much over the past decade, they’re a better Ubuntu than Ubuntu now without any bullshit.

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          2 months ago

          It used to be really outdated and missing new applications, with a kernel 1 major version behind.

          All that is fixed, they even have good support for new architectures like riscv on par with Ubuntu.

    • Varyag@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 month ago

      They’ve been doing snaps for a few years already so it already seems like they’re keeping up with this bullshit (in fact they’re putting more and more stuff there) It’s already the reason people stopped recommending Ubuntu to new users and instead go for Mint or Pop!OS

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      2 months ago

      Make a script to extract it to /opt/local and make a symlink.

      You’ll end up using it so much and it’s an easier upgrade on your terms.