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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).
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i know i can use the flatpak version and i did try that one out on my other laptop but, i think it will come to the package manager when some stuff is fixed??? thank you
Tell us you don’t know what a flatpak is without telling us you don’t know what a flatpak is.
You kids are savage today, the hell?
i know what a flatpak is, a third party app provider for gnu/linux that works in any distro!!
Cool, glad you know that. Were you also aware that by running Linux Mint, you are tied to Ubuntu LTS releases? This would mean major revisions in software upgrades only come with next major releases of Mint. So that leaves you with flatpaks, snaps, or PPA repositories, or building it yourself. LTS releases designed this way so that you run known stable versions of pretty much everything. Switching to a rolling release distro would bring you what you want more quickly, but at the cost of more potential hiccups... but I say potential, because problems might never arise.
yea i know all that, and that is the reason why stable distros are good for me because everything is familiar and the same way it is always!! i will only update every few years yep. i know ubuntu and mint are the same distro but derivative, one just doesn't have snaps and has a different color but that's fine
You can install the snap package if you want access to snaps... but one of the draws of Mint is, you said it, no snaps.
Also, the quickest way to get new software versions, in most cases.
@[email protected] is correct.
Tell us you know nothing about running Linux and rely on app stores for your software.
Tell us YOU know nothing about running Linux, especially Mint, which is based on Ubuntu LTS releases, meaning it won't get gimp 3.0 until the next major release, and so a flatpak, snap, or PPA with an unreliable release cadence are the only ways to get it before then unless you compile it yourself. Seriously dude, pull your head out.
We get it, you're a filthy casual.
Been full on Linux since Slackware 1.0, kernel 0.99pl13. Brought Linux into Boeing, and even to the z/Series (s390) mainframe. Ported all their tightly woven NFS with NIS user environments written for ksh on HP-UX, AIX, and Solaris to working with Linux and it's (at the time) not so perfect automounter. Ported a large LISP application from HP-UX to Linux for them, as well.
Today I'm a full time SRE, deploying and managing HA Linux clusters, large cloud infrastructure, and Kubernetes, leveraging IaC for nearly all of it. I use to make packages and kernels for a smaller distro back in the late 2000's. Ran two ISP's entirely on Linux and an internet cafe with Linux servers when Wyse terminals and ISDN was a thing, with a couple Windows 3.1 then 95 clients on the network. I program currently in Python, C, C++, Rust, and Go. I've forgotten more Fortran, LISP, Cobol, and Perl than I can ever get back, not that I would want to. I've made Linux my personal hobby and my career for 30 years. There is nothing casual about my relationship with Linux.
We get it, your a filthy ... nevermind, shouldn't say that here.