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Do you feel the same way about app stores too, like AppStore or Windows Store? What is your preferred way of downloading/installation applications and keeping

• vbezhenar 1y ago
  > Do you feel the same way about app stores too, like AppStore or Windows Store? AppStores are good enough, as long as they're optional file hosting and censorship service and do not change actual application. So basically I want no middle-man between developer build and my computer. If developer uploads their application to AppStore and the app gets downloaded to my computer unchanged, that's fine. If some unrelated person pulls sources from github, alters them, builds them and ships them to my computer, that's what I don't like. > What is your preferred way of downloading/installation applications and keeping them up to date? Best way is statically linked binary available for direct download (many Golang and Rust apps are distributed this way directly from github). I check for updates when I feel like it, which might not be the best way, so some automatic update reminders are welcome, but by no means are necessary. Second best way is targzipped directory which I unpack into something like ~/apps/idea and then it keeps itself up to date automatically. Another thing that I don't like about package managers is that they spill application files all over filesystem. That's also wrong. Files which belong to application must be kept in one place. Ideally separated by chroot-like mechanisms.