Travis Mooney-Evans

Has anyone moved from a rolling release (I'm on #Manjaro now, after many years in #Mint and #Ubuntu) to an atomic release with containerised applications? I'm looking at #AuroraDX or #Fedora #Kinote).

I left Ubuntu because of Chromium Snap. Left Mint to try and get rid of a sea of PPAs and still have modern apps. Now the typical AUR, etc hassles lead me to wonder if maybe just using #Flatpak is good enough.

What do y'all think? I have Framework 13 AMD, Dell Sputniks, and random Lenovos.

Jul 25, 2024 at 5:22pmWeb
Show threadAlex L 🕊 🇵🇸Jul 25, 2024

@ttmevans

I am using Aurora DX at work and it has everything I need. I use Distrobox with Arch for the latest versions of common tools and with Ubuntu to install DEB packages, Homebrew for niche CLI tools and FlatHub for GUI apps.

Show threadTravis Mooney-EvansJul 27, 2024
@alxlg almost everything I do is common desktop stuff. Nothing fancy at all. The only hurdle is Virtualbox, which requires kernel modules. I know I can use Boxes, but the tools you know, right?
Show threadAlex L 🕊 🇵🇸Jul 27, 2024

@ttmevans

I had to move from Virtualbox to Virt Manager and to be honest it was a blessing. Sometimes you need that kick to try something better. Red Hat did a better job with Virt Manager than Oracle with Virtualbox. The fact Virtualbox requires special kernel modules says it all.

Show threadTravis Mooney-EvansJul 27, 2024

@alxlg yeah, get that. I’d also like the ease of stuff ‘just working’ in Fedora on the Framework.

Maybe I’ll take a run at it next week. I’ve already switched my utility PC to Aurora from Ubuntu Mate.

Show threadThe Lazy GardenerJul 25, 2024
@ttmevans
I think flatpaks are the future for packaging on consumer Linux, there's nothing that compares to it as far as ease of use and hassle. It's not perfect, but no one has a better system imo.