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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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I AM SO DISAPPOINTED WITH UBUNTU 24.04 😡 (news.itsfoss.com)

submitted 7 months ago by ylai@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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[–] fl42v@lemmy.ml 16 points 7 months ago (5 children)

Idk, I probably haven't used Debian derivatives long enough, but isn't installing random .deb-s somewhat of a bad practice? I mean, repos exist for a reason (ignoring the fact they usually have like 3 packages in the official repos)

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.de 16 points 7 months ago (2 children)

But even if it is, it shouldn't prevent installing released debs you find for example on GitHub repositories.

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 7 points 7 months ago

It doesn't prevent you from doing so. It just doesn't launch the store app when you double click a . deb.

[–] Kristof12@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

But it seems to be a bit better when using the terminal

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 3 points 7 months ago

But most Windows emigrants don't use the terminal

[–] ursakhiin@beehaw.org 8 points 7 months ago

Some things we would want to install aren't in the official repos. Downloading the deb file is a solution to that for newer users.

[–] Shinji_Ikari@hexbear.net 4 points 7 months ago

A lot of software wont be distributed with a PPA to add.

Additionally, debs are useful for offline installations, with apt you're able to recursively download a package and all of it's dependencies as deb files, then transfer those over to the offline machine and install in bulk.

That being said I've never had great luck with the software center, it's always felt broken. I'll typically just dpkg -I <pkg>.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 7 months ago

Yes, depending on the context

[–] Frederic@beehaw.org 1 points 7 months ago

You should try MX, it's Debian based, and they have their own repo full of .deb, up to date, never break