nano's old account's rotting corpseJan 1, 2024
"guys installing apps on linux is way easier all you do is <insert 3 or 4 worded command here>"

we literally have a ton of really polished gui app store apps that act as a frontend for flatpak and binary package managers, did we just forget those existed?

kde discover? mint software manager? gnome software? pop shop? appcenter? thats what you SHOULD be talking about, not this unintuitive command line shit -.-

do you really expect a windows user to install linux for the first time and think "ah yes time to open a terminal" so they can install their favourite web browser? get real. theyre gonna click on the shopping bag
Show threadSqaaakoi ​Jan 2, 2024

@nano i wish i could recommend thse GUI app stores, but things like KDE Discover take time to looooaaaaaaaaaaadddddd

Also it's NOT verbose about flatpak dependencies which absolutely causes confusion

Show threadReina Jan 3, 2024
@Sqaaakoi @nano It really doesn't take that long to load. Way to exaggerate. And it's also not something non-CLI users are going to even notice because they're typically used to this anyway.
Show threadLisPiJan 3, 2024
@reina @nano @Sqaaakoi Synaptic does take a fuckton of time to load compared to opening a brand new xterm instance and typing "apt install emacs".

It's not even comparable.

I used it for a while.
Show threadReina Jan 3, 2024
@lispi314 @nano @Sqaaakoi consider your target audience. I'm not saying that it isn't faster to just download an app from the terminal. I'm sayibg the problem is exaggerated.
Show threadReina 
@lispi314 @nano @Sqaaakoi For the record, I will download stuff from the terminal too if I already know exactly what I want and how it's spelt. But I would still not suggest the terminal to download stuff to a newbie who's used to Windows or MacOS.
Jan 3, 2024 at 3:46amWeb