β² 851 βΌ Snap out of it (lemmy.zip) submitted 2 years ago* by 299792458ms@lemmy.zip to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world 173 comments fedilink hide all child comments How do you guys get software that is not in your distribution's repositories?
[β] RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works 46 points 2 years ago (3 children) Iβm currently on a atomic distro, so how I get my software from favorite to least favorite is this: Flatpak Appimage Fedora distrobox rpm-ostree permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [β] GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Have you met nix? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) Nix is cool but also incredibly painful permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I use nix package manager on fedora silverblue. It's awesome. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Awesomely painful permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Why is it painful for you? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 years ago It just is overly complex. Nix has its own environment instead of just being a regular package manager. permalink fedilink source parent [β] wonderfulvoltaire@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (2 children) os-tree is slow as molasses permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 8 points 2 years ago As it should be, don't do that. Doctor, when I do this it hurts... Also, you're creating a disk image... permalink fedilink source parent [β] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 years ago It is. I also wonder if there was a model that accomplishes the same thing but with less image copying. Like, make snapshots every day, but manual installs are not snapshotted but still tracked with ostree. So you can revert them, display them transparently etc. permalink fedilink source parent [β] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago finally, somebody in this thread who doesn't live in the past. System package manager is for system binaries. Not for applications. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Have you met nix? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) Nix is cool but also incredibly painful permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I use nix package manager on fedora silverblue. It's awesome. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Awesomely painful permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Why is it painful for you? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 years ago It just is overly complex. Nix has its own environment instead of just being a regular package manager. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) Nix is cool but also incredibly painful permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I use nix package manager on fedora silverblue. It's awesome. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Awesomely painful permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Why is it painful for you? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 years ago It just is overly complex. Nix has its own environment instead of just being a regular package manager. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I use nix package manager on fedora silverblue. It's awesome. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Awesomely painful permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Why is it painful for you? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 years ago It just is overly complex. Nix has its own environment instead of just being a regular package manager. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Awesomely painful permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Why is it painful for you? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 years ago It just is overly complex. Nix has its own environment instead of just being a regular package manager. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Why is it painful for you? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 years ago It just is overly complex. Nix has its own environment instead of just being a regular package manager. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 years ago It just is overly complex. Nix has its own environment instead of just being a regular package manager. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] wonderfulvoltaire@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (2 children) os-tree is slow as molasses permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 8 points 2 years ago As it should be, don't do that. Doctor, when I do this it hurts... Also, you're creating a disk image... permalink fedilink source parent [β] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 years ago It is. I also wonder if there was a model that accomplishes the same thing but with less image copying. Like, make snapshots every day, but manual installs are not snapshotted but still tracked with ostree. So you can revert them, display them transparently etc. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 8 points 2 years ago As it should be, don't do that. Doctor, when I do this it hurts... Also, you're creating a disk image... permalink fedilink source parent
[β] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 years ago It is. I also wonder if there was a model that accomplishes the same thing but with less image copying. Like, make snapshots every day, but manual installs are not snapshotted but still tracked with ostree. So you can revert them, display them transparently etc. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago finally, somebody in this thread who doesn't live in the past. System package manager is for system binaries. Not for applications. permalink fedilink source parent
