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You are in the target group for Arch Linux. Highly recommended.

by purerandomness 6y ago

AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y ago
I don't see how. Arch still heavily relies on a repo and volunteer package maintainers.
- TheNorthman 6y ago
  Arch'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 ago
    Would 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 ago
      I 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 ago
      If 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 ago
Not 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 ago
  That's what Nix(OS) is for :)
  - AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y ago
    Great, so I'll just go ahead and learn a new language just to install software, that's totally reasonable.
    - hashkb 6y ago
      Sounds like perhaps Mac or Windows would be a better fit for you.
      - AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y ago
        Which 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 ago
        Consider: 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 ago
        The 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.

You are in the target group for Arch Linux. Highly recommended.

AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y ago

I don't see how. Arch still heavily relies on a repo and volunteer package maintainers.

TheNorthman 6y ago
Arch'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 ago
  Would 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 ago
    I 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 ago
    If 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 ago

Not 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 ago
That's what Nix(OS) is for :)
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y ago
  Great, so I'll just go ahead and learn a new language just to install software, that's totally reasonable.
  - hashkb 6y ago
    Sounds like perhaps Mac or Windows would be a better fit for you.
    - AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y ago
      Which 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 ago
        Consider: 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 ago
        The 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.