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Let's say just like for example like MacOS. It's awesome we have so many tools but at the same time lack of some kind of standardization can seem like nothing works and you get overwhelmed. I'm asking for people that want to support Linux or not so tech-savy people.

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[–] Eistee@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

An easy way to import/export Flatpaks would be really convenient. On Windows, I can easily move around software using a usb drive to a computer that may not be connected to the internet. I'd have no clue how to do that on Linux aside from AppImages

But due to fragmentation etc. I'd guess that such portable flatpaks would be huge, as they'd need to carry all dependencies in case the other end is missing some

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

For all its faults at least you don't need to chmod+x on windows. Ironic since linux is usually more permissable.