My transition from Windows to Linux in an anti-customer age

Re:My transition from Windows to Linux in an anti-customer age by marcodiego on Sunday March 13, 2022 @04:19PM (#30665315)

Or they could just provide an AppImage. It would be great if major distros added out-of-the box support for flatpaks and appimages. This would finally put an end to ISV saying that it is hard to package/distribute software for linux.

And by "out-of-the box support for flatpaks and appimages" I mean: run it inside a sandbox! If I didn't care about stability and security, I'd use windows.

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Re:My transition from Windows to Linux in an anti-customer age by CogitoCogito on Sunday March 13, 2022 @04:23PM (#30665344)

There are many potential solutions, but the point is that Radarr is the one choosing not to make installation easier. It isn’t “Linux”.

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Re:My transition from Windows to Linux in an anti-customer age by mkr-hn on Sunday March 13, 2022 @04:28PM (#30665397)

I've looked into stuff like this and often it turns out the reason for a lack of [obvious solution] is:

1: Essential libraries fail

2: Documentation missing needed details

3: hostility to inquiry about problems from community

And on. The Linux community is so much better than it was when I first tried it, but the old guard (and new guard that likes gatekeeping) is still there causing a ruckus and getting in the way of people trying to advance Linux.

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