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Re:A new Debian package helper: debputy by Aerbil313 on Saturday February 03, 2024 @09:39AM (#39240699)
> No wonder people are attracted to flatpak and snap.

And nix.

> Creating a installer for mac, windows and linux is a hell of a work

Nix gets you mac, linux and WSL support.

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Re:A new Debian package helper: debputy by 01HNNWZ0MV43FF on Saturday February 03, 2024 @01:47PM (#39243405)
Will look into it.

https://nixos.org/download#download-nix <--- I'm bookmarking this cause I keep forgetting that Nix can run atop other systems. I have no excuse to not give it a try

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Re:A new Debian package helper: debputy by Aerbil313 on Sunday February 04, 2024 @05:59AM (#39249252)
This is a way improved[1] version of the official installer, capable of uninstallation among other things, there is no need to use the official one: https://determinate.systems/posts/determinate-nix-installer

1: https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/nix-installer?tab=read...

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