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    Snap out of it (lemmy.zip)
    submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by 299792458ms@lemmy.zip to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
     

    How do you guys get software that is not in your distribution's repositories?

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    [–] cley_faye@lemmy.world 58 points 3 months ago (24 children)

    Native package manager > Native binaries > AppImage > Flatpak.

    Yes, snap isn't even on the scale.

    [–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 58 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    Not a fan of AppImages myself. For an universal format it has surprising amount of issues with different distros, in my experience. And the whole Windows style "go to a website, download the AppImage, if you want to update it, go to the web page again and download it again" is one thing I wanted to get away from. At least they don't come with install wizards, that clicking through menus thing was a pain.

    For one off stuff I run once and never need again, AppImage is alright. But not being built-in with sandboxing, repos, all that stuff, it just seems like a step back.

    [–] KevinNoodle@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    I ran into the same issues, mentally, when trying out AppImages for the first time - but my attitude changed once I found and started using this tool: https://github.com/ivan-hc/AM

    [–] Samueru@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago

    Glad you like AM.

    [–] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

    So it's Scoop, but for Linux? (That's a compliment. I love Scoop.)

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