witch_t *naviMar 22
saying "sideloading programs" in a linux desktop context is wild, please fucking don't

there's not supposed to be one and only "official" loading, where everything else is "side" to it

it's called installing programs
Show threadineemio
@navi imho. there is an 'official" and recommended loading which is your distro's traditional package manager and its default repos
Mar 22 at 7:16pmWeb
Show threadineemioMar 22

@navi eg debian defends this to some extent https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian

On Debian installing software from random websites is a bad habit. It's always better to use software from the official Debian repositories if at all possible.

DontBreakDebian - Debian Wiki

Show threadPaul BlackMar 22
@ineemio @navi So flatpak is sideloading then?
Show threadineemioMar 22

@Techwizz @navi by that logic, yes it is

not to say that flathub is unsafe (i know it has a great review process), but i would consider it sideloading relatively to your host distro