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It's awesome that the Linux version is distributed right on the website as an AppImage next to the Windows and MacOS downloads. I very much appreciate software
by AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y ago
It's awesome that the Linux version is distributed right on the website as an AppImage next to the Windows and MacOS downloads. I very much appreciate software that doesn't require me to wait for a third party maintainer to get around to building it for every distro or require me to add a new repo to a config file somewhere just to use the latest version.
- purerandomness 6y agoYou are in the target group for Arch Linux. Highly recommended.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y agoI don't see how. Arch still heavily relies on a repo and volunteer package maintainers.
- TheNorthman 6y agoArch's Krita was updated to 4.4.0-4 at 2020-10-13 18:23 UTC, approximately 18 hours and 52 minutes ago. While I can't see when the original blog post was submitted, I know this forum post was posted 2 hours ago. Are you sure you would benefit from updating even faster? EDIT: In any case, you could use the AUR package that points directly to the git repo.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y agoWould the AUR let me have the current Krita and the old one installed simultaneously? My experience with repo/package models suggests it very much would not.
- wtetzner 6y ago> Would the AUR let me have the current Krita and the old one installed simultaneously? I doubt it. > My experience with repo/package models suggests it very much would not. The Nix package manager would. However, I have no idea if their packages are kept up-to-date like that.
- wadkar 6y agoI don't think so. It should be possible to install the older version in different prefix (e.g. `./configure --prefix=/opt`) but I don't think AUR supports multiple slots (like portage does) out of the box. My cursory search on the interweb did not yield any promising results on the Arch wiki either. Happy to be corrected, of course.
- zanny 6y agoIf you comment out that your aur build provides and conflicts with krita and install it under /usr/local or some such you can do parallel installs.
- simion314 6y agoNot if you want to run more versions side by side including betas, if you are a professional you don;t update your tools mid-project and pray it will be fine.
- Fnoord 6y agoThat's what Nix(OS) is for :)
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y agoGreat, so I'll just go ahead and learn a new language just to install software, that's totally reasonable.
- hashkb 6y agoSounds like perhaps Mac or Windows would be a better fit for you.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y agoWhich is why I use Windows much more than Linux despite in principle preferring FOSS. It's a shame the Linux Desktop community is so hostile to criticism, otherwise maybe I could use Linux more.
- kick 6y agoConsider: it's not that Linux users are hostile to criticism, it's that your criticism is of the laziest, least-intelligent part of the spectrum of criticism.
- hashkb 6y agoThe specific criticism I think that generates the hostility you're experiencing is something like "Linux should be easier to use / easy to use for the everyday computer user". In general I think most people would agree with you, but it comes across as an ignorant comment given the well-known economics; and especially in the context of a conversation about someone who is unwilling to contribute or at least build their own software.
- alias_neo 6y agoI've become a big fan of AppImages. I found a project on Github called AppImageInstaller which will create a Gnome/KDE integration shortcut for you and move the AppImage file to a "programs" directory of your choosing. I usually just "Open with AppImageInstaller" when I download them, it pops up and asks if you want to run once or integrate. When you get a new version you can right-click the old one's shortcut/icon and AppImageInstaller's integration give you a "remove from system" type option. I use Cura as an AppImage, FreeCAD, Lens (Kubernetes "IDE") Zettlr, and a few others as AppImages. It's really clean and convenient. It really upsets me when I find tools I want only have snaps, because like any sane person, I kill snapd the second I install an Ubuntu system (Laptops) and I run Manjaro on my desktop so snapd isn't going anywhere near it.
- shorts_theory 6y agoI think Plasma automatically integrates AppImages on the first time you launch one.
- alias_neo 6y agoInteresting, I'll have to see whether I really need the AppImageInstaller on my desktop then. Thanks for the note.