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Re:MicroG Project: A re-implementation of Google's Android a... by st3v3r on Thursday November 03, 2016 @04:36PM (#12867715)
No. 99% of users are not going to want a Linux style package manager. That's not a solution that will work in any way for normal people.
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Re:MicroG Project: A re-implementation of Google's Android a... by zrm on Thursday November 03, 2016 @05:00PM (#12867905)
The main difference between a package manager and an app store is that a package manager can allow you to install apps from more than one source and can do proper dependency management. What part of that is supposed to frighten the townsfolk?
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Re:MicroG Project: A re-implementation of Google's Android a... by yellowapple on Friday November 04, 2016 @04:02AM (#12871002)
Why not? I'm personally aware of plenty of normal people for whom that works perfectly well.
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