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- Can I install my "favourite program" on Linux? Well sure, it's supported on X, Y and Z! - Oh but I'm on distro A. Oh sorry, that's not supported. But here'
by oji0hub 6y ago
- Can I install my "favourite program" on Linux?
Well sure, it's supported on X, Y and Z!
- Oh but I'm on distro A.
Oh sorry, that's not supported. But here's a post by some guy on some forum who says he made it work by doing a bunch of complicated things no one understands.
- Macha 6y agoWe're talking about Ubuntu. Distro X is always Ubuntu. Y and Z are usually picked from Debian, Red Hat, Fedora and Arch
- m4rtink 6y agoThis is often no longer an issue thanks to Flatpak & Steam Proton built-in Windows emulation.
- Shared404 6y agoIn addition, there's a significant subset of people who's only program they use is a web browser. This is obviously quite doable with basically any distro.
- m4rtink 6y agoYes, while this has issues of its own (as long as the web services they are using are centralized and corporate controlled) I have observed the less technical users I have been helping with computer issues are totally happy as long as they sit in front of a computer with a web browser, where they can log in to their online accounts and get going. Some might want a full mail client and possibly a printer configured and that's about it.