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> If they consider desktop Linux supported during development, providing a couple statically linked deb and rpm files is no big deal. Many developers don't hav
by jhanschoo 8y ago
> If they consider desktop Linux supported during development, providing a couple statically linked deb and rpm files is no big deal.
Many developers don't have the resources to go through the whole process needed to get their app into the distro repo. In that case, I'd consider these package formats better than deb and rpm.
- michaelmrose 8y agoYou can provide a repo hosting your software so that prospective users can add your repo. This is essentially trivial and can even be hosted for free. After your user adds your repo updates will be handled automatically with the rest of the system and installs can be done in the same software management gui as anything else.
- SmellyGeekBoy 8y agoWhat if the user doesn't have root access? e.g. in a school setting?
- michaelmrose 8y agoSchools almost exclusively use Microsoft Windows. Linux is almost exclusively used on servers, technical peoples workstations/laptops at work, and interested users personal computers. Optimizing for users you wish you had doesn't seem optimal. In the hypothetical school setting you probably want to actively prevent the user installing insecure crap in their home directory to the degree its possible to do so.