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> Use Electron, then everyone on all OSes will hate your application. /s Actually this is a real benefit. It means no one will show up and convince people on
by jancsika 7y ago
> Use Electron, then everyone on all OSes will hate your application. /s
Actually this is a real benefit.
It means no one will show up and convince people on your project to waste time packaging your software for [pick a Linux Distribution].
Now instead of getting user reports from a hall of mirrors of various packages for various distros with various states of dependency disrepair, you've got one central source of truth.
- simion314 7y agoJust point them to the make files and have them compile it, I personally I am more happy if you offer a .tar.gz build that I can run without root then a .deb . It happened that someone had a .deb ut I did not trust them, so I unpacked the .deb and runt he application directly. Anyway if you don't have a Linux system and your program is open source then the useers should contribute packages. For closed source programs then you are fine with a cross distro method, like I seen small games made with Unity,Unreal,RenPy,RPG Maker that are also packagted for linux into a .zip archive and nobody complained and asked for special packages. There are assholes Linux users out-there but is the same in all communities where you have entitled people that think their opinions are the truth.
- chronogram 7y agoThe downvotes prove your point, wow.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 7y agoOr just ignore the useless package manager bullshit in all the distros and distribute AppDirs or AppImages.
- superkuh 7y agoYeah. Instead people just won't use your webpage because it's slow, bloated, abstracted, and insecure. Native applications are much better in every way except for the bottom line of companies.