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I just wish the terminal commands weren't so long like 'org.this.that.and.that'. I can't open up Inkscape by simply typing 'inkscape' like I can with Snap.
Cameron Gonzalez
How big of a difference is there between desktop environments as far as taxing your CPU/GPU? Not concerned with RAM usage, just don't want CPU/GPU being hit unnecessarily. My system, though not destitute, is low-end and I'm thinking I should consider LXQT. Probably not ready for a window manager like i3 though.
>repo package is abandoned >snap package is abandoned >flatpak package is abandoned Reeeee
Grayson Jenkins
LxQt and Xfce are the ones you should try from "full" DEs. But going for WMs is also okay, i3, bspwm or openbox are simple to configure and use.
Hudson Richardson
You could always just alias the "flatpak run" commands with just the name of the program to make it easier.
EndeavourOS's i3 variant got me into using WMs. Really easy to get down. It also gives you the highest amount of bang for your resource buck.
Colton Cox
No. AppImages are the future. Flatpaks are just popular.
Nolan Scott
if I can't install your software from pacman or the AUR then im not using it
Samuel Sanchez
>No builtin way to update the damn thing Yeah sure, can't wait to have everyone run 2 year old browser versions
Benjamin James
Well if you're using Arch then things like Flatpak aren't really needed because you have access to native versions of basically anything.
Ayden Butler
I want to create a distro derivative with all the settings I choose. Stuff like DE theme, kernel, shell, etc (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu). What do?
Hudson Jenkins
Update is a built-in part of flatpak, and AppImages have a pretty reliable de facto update interface. Never had problems with either working.
Jayden Martinez
AppImageLauncher is IMO an integral part of an AppImage ecosystem on your install. Makes them more naturally a part of your system, such as giving them .desktop files and such.
Mason Price
How difficult is it to maintain/update Slackware on your own? I've heard that updating Glibc yourself is a nightmare is that true?
Adrian Barnes
Still looking for help with systemd-timesyncd.
Leo Morris
I want to have the latest KDE but don't really care about the rest being bleeding edge. Is there any mainstream distro that can provide me something like this? can nixos do it? I'm tired of gigabytes worth of updates on arch
Jose Watson
>Tired of GBs worth of updates Then just update more frequently then you have been? Sounds like you let it go for a while to get GBs worth.
John Taylor
Attempting to install Fedora Silverblue right now, is an ISO still safe if it returns that several lines were improperly formatted but still reports that the iso itself is ok (using the sha256sum command on the cl).
Cameron Wood
AppImage will always be niche because it doesn't have any way of deduplicating files between images, and the format makes it inordinately difficult to even try. Loading 6 different versions of your shared library chain to run 6 programs is only reasonable if you're on mobile and can only interact with one or two of them at a time.
