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Wait, some of us are trying to change that. affiliation: tech lead for the snapcraft tool and linux user since 1999.
by sergiusens 8y ago
Wait, some of us are trying to change that.
affiliation: tech lead for the snapcraft tool and linux user since 1999.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y agoTo my knowledge, there have been at least 4 other attempts to have sane application distribution on Linux over the years: Application Bundles (GNUStep), AppDirs (ROX), Flatpak (formerly xdg-app), and AppImage (formerly Klik). But Canonical invented a fifth anyway. Forgive me if I'm skeptical that change will actually occur this time.
- petre 8y agoAlso Nix and Guix.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y agoThose are just package managers trying to be less crap than currently existing package managers. Vendors still aren't expected to create and deploy the application directly to the user. Also, in that category, you forgot Gobo.