shrewdcatJul 7, 2025

Fan of Flatpaks ...or Not?

https://lemmy.zip/post/43359574

Show threadNotSteve_

I love installing things from the CLI and prefer to only do it that way but Linux needs a single click install method for applications if it’s ever going to become a mainstream OS. The average person just wants to Google a program, hit download and install. If not that then they want to use a mobile-like App Store.

Flatpak is kind of perfect at achieving both those things

Jul 7, 2025 at 2:55amWeb
Show threadBCsvenJul 7, 2025

OpenSUSE has OneClick install for RPMs. en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:One_Click_Install

Edit: and if you happen to download an rpm, you just double click it in the filemanager (or single click if that is your setting) and it launces the install GUI.

Its similar to how MSI file install looks…just next next finish kind of thing

openSUSE:One Click Install - openSUSE Wiki

Show threadNotSteve_Jul 7, 2025
For sure and I agree that should be enough but the average person is not good with computers and they don’t want to learn. They won’t understand the nuances of different distributions of Linux. Like try explaining the difference between a .deb, a .tar.gz, and a .rpm to a person who’s already hésitent about using Linux. Flatpak solves that by just having one download that any Linux install can use
Show threadthingsiplayJul 7, 2025
Those mystical average people would probably stay on Windows, if they don’t care or cannot learn basics of other systems. Its really not hard to explain and understand, even for “average person” that there is an universal source for applications and there are packages designed and managed by your operating system. I think its important for people to learn basics and we should teach them, not dumb them down like on Windows. Soon people won’t be able to eat themselves anymore…
Show threadBCsvenJul 7, 2025
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