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Additionally, what changes are necessary for you to be able to use Linux full time?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

well gnome software and epiphany app stores just work.
click, install, done.
they provide an option to pick the source to install from (package/flatpak/snap), but they both automatically pick the best one for you.

Debian/Ubuntu almost never break on updates (unless you mess with the PPAs too much), but at a significant cost: some packages and software (especially desktop environments and system packages) being 1-2 years out of date.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

well gnome software and epiphany app stores just work.

Man I wish I had time to boot up a vm with a big distro, open both stores and try to install something, it's immediately obvious.

There's a reason everyone online says "oh yeah, the stores exist, i still use the terminal though"

They do not work.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

As a power user, I just like the terminal more, it's much quicker to install stuff from the terminal.