▲ 741 ▼ Valve Is A Wonderful Upstream Contributor To Linux & The Open-Source Community (www.phoronix.com) submitted 2 years ago by const_void@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml 59 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AnonTwo@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago I'd say Executables (for all their risks) make it pretty easy for less savy users to get apps not immediately made available to them, given there are definite security issues. But I will be fair that I think Linux's flatpaks are helping a bit with making apps more available without worrying about the distro. Plus proton/wine lets users grab some of the useful exe's from windows. It's improving I do agree, but it's something that will hopefully keep improving. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AnonTwo@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago I'd say Executables (for all their risks) make it pretty easy for less savy users to get apps not immediately made available to them, given there are definite security issues. But I will be fair that I think Linux's flatpaks are helping a bit with making apps more available without worrying about the distro. Plus proton/wine lets users grab some of the useful exe's from windows. It's improving I do agree, but it's something that will hopefully keep improving. permalink fedilink source parent