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Seeing more projects omitting installation instructions for debian/ubuntu. (lemmy.ml)
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I know there are ways to install software outside of aptitude on debian/ubuntu, (add repo, or build, or download binary, or possibly flatpak/snap/etc).

But being able to download *.deb files was one of the nicest aspect of using a debian based distros and now I'm seeing more and more projects include all distros except deb files.

Someone correct me but I vaguely recall that distributing debs is no longer recommended by debian itself?

  1. Am I wrong, and have I only co-incidentally stumbled on projects that don't distribute debs?
  2. I am right and this seems like a mis-step, removing one of the most beginner friendly features that helped propagate debian based distros?

Flamesuit on.

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[–] socphoenix@midwest.social 11 points 1 year ago (12 children)

Honestly wish we could just not use flatpak/snap/appImage/whatever due to the wasted space. I'd really rather use a binary and reuse my shared libraries 90% of the time. The only exception was docker/snap were handy for things like a quick test for nextcould or home assistant. Then again I run mostly FreeBSD nowadays so I'm probably an old man telling kids to get off my lawn at this point.

[–] Madiator2011@lm.madiator.cloud 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I see flatpacks kinda bad. Try to switch browsers and import data from browser running a flatpack :) #Impossible

[–] meteokr@community.adiquaints.moe 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Not actually impossible, just requires you know what you are doing. Its a fixable, usability problem for average users.

[–] faktor50@feddit.dk 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So how?

[–] meteokr@community.adiquaints.moe 5 points 1 year ago

I've only personally done it from Firefox based ones, but you can just copy the profile directory from one flatpak app into another, then checking permissions depending on if you've installed the flatpak as a user or system. Chrome based ones probably have a similar profile/config directory, but I've not used one in a while.

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