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    [–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    AUR waterfox-bin, btw (¬‿¬") I'm almost glad to have made the mistake to install Arch because through AUR I don't have to get involved in these flatpack/snap/appimage wars xD (also because I have no clue what I am doing, but don't tell anyone)

    [–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    ahah lol that's fair, i maintain the flatpak so whenever i see someone with Waterfox on Linux I get curious. Love the AUR but I'm mostly on immutable distros so I don't get to use it qwq

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    I actually used the flatpak on my mint install a while ago, had no problems. So great work for a great browser I'd say xD thanks o7

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

    lol thanks, it's more of a side project atm as I'm juggling school and running IT for my dad's business but I'm glad to hear it worked for you!

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

    Distrobox says hi! I used the AUR occasionally when I was on Silverblue and there weren't any alternatives short of compiling the software myself. Or rarely if I needed a newer version of something.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    This is unrelated but what's the appeal toward immutable distros to you?

    I don't mean this in a hostile way I'm genuinely curious to know. I usually consider the ability to change anything about Linux as quite a big selling point so these distros seem kinda counterproductive to me.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

    I usually consider the ability to change anything about Linux as quite a big selling point so these distros seem kinda counterproductive to me.

    Immutable distros are actually easier to customize and tinker with than traditional distros, while being safer. Example: Universal Blue

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
    [–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

    Basically what IverCoder said, but also sometimes I like not having to tinker with my desktop at all. I'm running through an Arch Install on my Thinkpad right now just for the fun of it and I do love this kind of thing, but I'll admit the concept of plugging in a USB stick, installing a distro in one click, downloading my apps through Flatpak and not having to mess with the CLI a whole bunch is very appealing. Yes you can do that with Ubuntu or whatever but (at least in my workflow) you still have to mess with the CLI a bit.

    Basically, I like messing with Linux sometimes but other times I just want a, I suppose Windows-like experience while still having Linux under the hood.