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Ironically, this may be a catalyst for better Linux Phones
Just in time for them to be practically outlawed, if my gut can be trusted. I hope not.
Dark times ahead...
You cannot sideload on Linux, not unless you're some sort of mutant freak who can reverse engineer C code.
Yeah we can do that. What do you think side loading means? Changing the name of an install doesn't make it different. Back in my day we called it installing a program. Things changed. Then we called it downloading an app. Things changed. Now if it's not approved it's called side loading? Blow it out your ass.
Its a program. Take the training wheels off of the Internet. I grew up when this was a cautionary tale. But up and deal with the consequences or get out.
I guess you are joking? And mean "side-loading" as in injecting custom code via LD_PRELOAD and not the strange definition phone makers use for describing 'installing an app'.
“Side load” is just language used to mean installing software outside of the official approved vendor store. Linux lets you install software from wherever you want, you’re not locked into a vendor or manufacturer ecosystem. So in a sense all you do is “sideload,” it’s just normal non-corporate OSes call that “installation”
Indeed, it's just called installing there
How would reverse engineering c code be side loading? You can get .deb, .rpm etc and install them on your distro as long as it supports the format, regardless of who developed the app, and honestly even if it doesn't support the format there are ways. You can even compile the source code of more Linux apps, at least the FOSS ones, with just a few commands. If anything it would be more realistic to say you can ONLY side load on Linux
Yeah the people who are against linux these days and claim its more difficult im real suspicious about.