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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).
Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.
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On smartphones people are used to package managers already. Imagine everyone had to download the executables for every update for each app on their phone, going to their website downloading and such. That's basically how Windows works. Such a Stone Age.
Yeah, Linux has blown my mind in that regard. Like, how has windows fucked up the Microsoft Store so goddamn hard?
I just use winget most of the time now. Never touched the store directly.
It's the kind of thing that took me years to get comfortable with but these days it should be standard, provided we also have the ability to manually install our own shit (sideeyeing Google's upcoming garbage policy)
you did not read the article
what
as I understood you are complaining that they don't have a package manager. they do, but not for system software.
No, you misunderstood my reply. I was not complaining about not having a package manager. I'm making fun of Windows.
flatpak based arch distro with no traditional package manager, just a "store" gui app
Tbh this sounds great to install for a Linux noob
I think that is what they were going for. The article has some rationalizations for their decisions. I'm not their target audience but like you say I do see the appeal. I do like the system img roll back features though. I think a lot of new to medium users don't back up properly and then get frustrated at breaking changes.
It's basically what the steam deck does, and that's very much for Linux noobs!
"In KDE Linux, we build the base system out of Arch packages, but freeze the contents and take responsibility for the result being functional; we don’t offload responsibility onto the user."
Is this the same that Manjaro does?
No, on Manjaro you can still mess with the system packages. Maybe they do partial updates or uninstall something that "breaks" their system
Pretty interesting, kudos to them for building a different system and not yet another distro. The end result of having a ton of pre-installed software in the hope that it covers your hardware and workflows makes it a pass for me as I'm all about being lightweight and modular, but it does seem like an almost perfect grandma distro.
Honestly this is basically a non-gaming Bazzite using Arch as the base instead of Fedora Atomic, which is technically mutable. I've been trying it out and maybe I should give distrobox a whirl for some things. Overall I've been happy with it.