Yeah, I once tried to switch to Kubuntu, wanted my macos style global menu. In arch I just
yay -S plasma5-applets-window-appmenu
In Kubuntu, I had to download source and spend 2h compiling, every 5 minutes CMake complained a dependency was missing, searching how the dependency package is called, installing, now another dependency…
They’re never as performant as native apps. Sure, they’re enough for most. But I like the simplicity of installing any app natively. If it’s not on AUR, I can simply add it.
I do use docker though. It’s pretty nice for some use cases.
Three letters.
A-U-R.
Yeah, I once tried to switch to Kubuntu, wanted my macos style global menu. In arch I just
yay -S plasma5-applets-window-appmenuIn Kubuntu, I had to download source and spend 2h compiling, every 5 minutes CMake complained a dependency was missing, searching how the dependency package is called, installing, now another dependency…
Just use flatpak or your distros repos. You also can use distrobox
or you know, just use Aur, because it works
N-I-X.
NixOS has more repos than AUR
More… Packages?
Yes, Nix has by far more packages than the AUR: Package Count Comparison
(I apologize if you’re just saying that their comment doesn’t make sense / more repos don’t matter)
No, that’s fine. I assumed that’s what they meant, I’m just completely unfamiliar with Nix so I wanted to be sure. Thanks for the info.
Distrobox, docker, flatpaks and other containerized solutions?
They’re never as performant as native apps. Sure, they’re enough for most. But I like the simplicity of installing any app natively. If it’s not on AUR, I can simply add it.
I do use docker though. It’s pretty nice for some use cases.