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Did we kill Linux's killer feature?
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What?! No! How could this have been Linux's "killer feature"?
Am I taking crazy pills? It really matters to you that you can use a single command to upgrade your system?
To me the Linux killer feature is getting to be the true owner of the hardware. Any command you run can succeed if you know how to write it
Killer feature, no.
It does kinda suck for install and update to head toward more fracturing.
Install obs, oof the plugin I want is flatpack only, go to install flat pack version, yeah it's folder is buried. Go wedge the plugin out of it's folder to put it on my apt location, doesn't work. Screw with it for 15 minutes. No good. Ok uninstall apt version, install flatpack version. Now my 4fl won't trigger virtual cam. An about later I cobble it back together.
At least with source you place the binary. If you dpkg, it plays nice with apt with a fix broken install.
Shit used to be designed to play ni e together. Flatpack and appimage are like screw you, it's easier to develop/deliver.