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How do I sell my software on pacman?

• Gigachad 4y ago
  I’m not sure people will ever want to sell apps on a 3rd party store. Especially a Linux one. The entire industry has moved away from buying things directly on a single marketplace and moved to tying a payment or subscription to an account which works across OSs and store platforms. I’d be happy to pay for Linux software but there is no way I’d want to be tied to a particular distro/repo/storefront.
  • Grimburger 4y ago
    That's fair but some companies do want to sell their software and it's not particularly easy on Linux platforms. There's basically Steam or DIY.
    • worksonmine 4y ago
      Windows has existed for most of lifetime without a store or even central package management but it was still the biggest platform for commercial software. And recently the App and Play stores seem to cause more trouble to many companies than it's worth. If they used the royalties to hire people to audit the packages I might even consider paying for free software, but I'm afraid it will turn into walled gardens where small developers have no say and the big ones just deal with the problems because it's the only option. I hope it turns out to be better with KDE and Gnome that come from a FOSS background but money makes people greedy.