Found a lot of interesting softwares in there, I might make a list of interesting and potentially useful softwares I discovered
Found a lot of interesting softwares in there, I might make a list of interesting and potentially useful softwares I discovered
Appimage opens the way for downloading random bullshit from the internet windows style and I think it is harmful for the future of Linux.
Nobody who thinks appimages are a good idea will use the automatic updater thingies. Just look at the number of windows users who never update their apps and do a surprised pikachu face when they get hacked. There are also tools for autoupdating windows apps but nobody except Linux users (who are aware of the importance of updates) use it.
On windows, there is no such thing as abandonware because it is just called regular software. Old and broken programs never stop “working” as far as the user is concerned and then they blow up in their ass when the time comes. On Linux, there is no abandonware because you NEED to update everything if you wanna keep your system working.
Idk appimages give me an ick.
My ick comes from the centralized repositories, basically building app stores for Linux, and pushing them beyond a distro specific things that usually still have other options on top of the deb or rpm or whatever.
With them fiddling around trying to invade every bit of privacy and us just barely escaping the California law with no idea if it will hold out for future ones I think any centralized source is a liability and should be avoided.
Also, the systemd jackass throwing his own narcissit tech bro bullshit into it to bow down, lick the boot, and comply in advance is another real concern as most distros have moved to it from other init systems. There has to be enough fragmentation here for us to move away from fascist fuckery, and the ridiculous reliance on a single type of packaging isn’t good for being able to sidestep stupidity if/when it spread to the people in control of the codebase.