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> so who cares if you waste a GB or so I wonder if that sounds arrogant to just me. As a user I DO CARE. Its frustrating to find applications shipping their ow
by shaan7 8y ago
> so who cares if you waste a GB or so
I wonder if that sounds arrogant to just me. As a user I DO CARE. Its frustrating to find applications shipping their own copy of libraries wasting precious disk space. When I was using a Mac, I had at least 4 applications shipping their own copy of Qt5.4 ... aaaarrgh
Back on the Linux desktop, package managers handle this beautifully. And for the cases where you need to skip the distro, Flatpak still lets you use system dependencies. Everyone wins.
And for whoever claims storage is cheap, please link me the magical place you're buying yours from. Thanks.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y agoPackage managers come with their own limitations. You can't have multiple versions of the same application, packages are often out of date, packages sometimes conflict, you can't choose where applications are installed, etc. And storage is ridiculously cheap. You can get an 8TB HDD for $150[0]. Or a 1TB SSD for the same price[1]. [0]https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Desktop-External-STEB8000100/dp/B01HAPGEIE https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Desktop-External-ST... [1]https://www.amazon.com/Blue-NAND-1TB-SSD-WDS100T2B0A/dp/B073SBQMCX https://www.amazon.com/Blue-NAND-1TB-SSD-WDS100T2B0A/dp/B073...
- rkeene2 8y ago> You can't have multiple versions of the same application In many package managers you can have multiple versions of the same application without a big deal -- in most cases you don't want to SUPPORT multiple versions of the same application, so there's always a trade-off.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y ago> In many package managers you can have multiple versions of the same application without a big deal In my experience, only if the distro has specifically set things up to allow that (Python2/3), or you find a PPA maintained by someone. Otherwise, time to compile from source I guess.