Neko the gameri hate that it's very often like this
DJDarrenAs someone who’s never used Linux, TIL that software doesn’t work across all flavours of Linux.
pete_the_catWell it does technically, the issue we’re talking about is how it’s packaged, one you extract the package the software will work just the same (assuming there aren’t any version mismatches between kernel modules). DEBs (Debian based distros) and RPMs (RedHat based distros) are the two biggest package formats, the next common format is a tar ball.
Add to this, this gives birth to more modern packaging format like flatpak, appimage, and snap, that works across all distro with proper permission control.
Now for most graphical apps, you just search on the app store and click install, like a mac user.
xigoiDon’t mention the S-word here, some people might come out of their basement to tell you how it’s the worst thing since proprietary software.