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You're missing the point, confirming the generally dismissive or even ignorant attitude. What if there's no deb package? How to make home directory accessible?
by rini17 5y ago
You're missing the point, confirming the generally dismissive or even ignorant attitude. What if there's no deb package? How to make home directory accessible?
The point was, every time Gtk/Qt major version is updated, whole desktop gets obsolete. Perfectly fine applications must be reworked or abandoned or mucking with chroot/docker. Throw in the transition to systemd and wayland.
- mschuster91 5y ago> You're missing the point, confirming the generally dismissive or even ignorant attitude. I get the issue if you're still dealing with chroots. I hated this with a passion, too - but using Docker is a real breeze in comparison. > What if there's no deb package? A Debian archive docker image behaves just like an ordinary Debian install would - they are fancy chroots. Install the dependencies, run the usual "./configure && make && make install" dance, that's it. > How to make home directory accessible? Add a "-v /home:/home" in the invocation. > The point was, every time Gtk/Qt major version is updated, whole desktop gets obsolete. Perfectly fine applications must be reworked or abandoned or mucking with chroot/docker. Throw in the transition to systemd and wayland. Agree with you on that one, with one exception... systemd unit files are so much easier to deal with than init.d shellscripts.
- rini17 5y agoI don't trust systemd and docker, sorry. No idea if it's my bad luck or what, every time I tried out such a complex thing with "easy" interface, I ran into some insidious bug.