A Sombre Goodbye to Linux

https://kevq.uk/a-sombre-goodbye-to-linux/

by darekkay • 5 years ago

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aritmo• 5 years ago

The current Inkscape snap will crash when you try to import. Just click on File - Import and crash!

simonblack• 5 years ago

Another guy who wants specific Windows apps to work on Linux.

That's no different from the guys who want specific Linux apps to work on Windows.

Windows and Linux are two entirely different platforms. Use the software designed for that particular platform. There are very, very few apps that are able to work identically on both platforms.

phendrenad2• 5 years ago

The author's key point is that installing things on Linux is now a many-headed hydra where you never know if it's going to be shipped to users as a .deb/.rpm, a snap, an appimage, or something else (anyone care for a quick pip install?). This is accurate and a growing problem in the Linux ecosystem.

Unfortunately the alternative is to copy MacOS (have the OS treat special zip files as "apps" and let you drop them into a special OS directory, also the software's data and config live inside the zip file for life), or copy Windows (Installers, registry, AppData, oh my). And no one in the Linux world is going to go for those options.

A Sombre Goodbye to Linux

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