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Peripheral question: Is there any "real" App Store on Linux except for Steam?
by pmarreck 10mo ago
Peripheral question: Is there any "real" App Store on Linux except for Steam?
- dibujaron 10mo agoNot sure what you mean. apt-get, yum, and even things like snap act like app stores for free apps, no?
- mirzap 10mo agoEven with a non-free package, simply add the repository and you're ready to install it.
- f1refly 10mo agoIt's only a real "App-Store" if it has arbitrary restrictions and you must pay fees to a company, obviously.
- fwip 10mo agoI think a 'real store' generally allows you to exchange money for something. If I wanted to sell software to Linux users, Steam is probably the closest thing to an 'app store' you could expect to find. Windows has the Microsoft Store, and Macs have the Apple Store.
- johnnyanmac 10mo agoSome distros have literal stores. But "Linux" isn't a centralized platform the same way Windows and Mac is. Also, the stores for desktop apps just don't really seem to be as effective. Companies are used to hosting their desktop apps on web. Games seems to be more of an exception to the rule, for historical reasons.
- pmarreck 10mo agoSilly. You know what I mean. A way to sell an app. Contributing to open source is nice, but some people want to eat food sometimes.
- tuna74 10mo agoFlathub.
- heavyset_go 10mo agoApp stores are just worse package managers
- pmarreck 10mo agoNot wrong, but also misses the point.
- burkaman 10mo agohttps://heroicgameslauncher.com/ https://heroicgameslauncher.com/