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No one could interpret yum or apt as stores on their own. The "store" would be the repository that the software is coming from.
by dismalaf 8mo ago
No one could interpret yum or apt as stores on their own. The "store" would be the repository that the software is coming from.
- LoganDark 8mo agoAs the user interface through which users download (among other things) apps... it absolutely is an "app store". It's not where the binaries are hosted, but you don't see anyone claiming the App Store iOS app isn't an app store because the apps are ackshyually on Apple's CDN servers, do you?
- dismalaf 8mo agoOk. Take something like Gnome software or KDE discover, where you can add different sources. You can point to both your distro's repos AND Flathub. Is the store the app? Is it Flathub? Theres different sources depending on which distro you use and users can tweak it. Apple App store is a disingenuous example because it's a proprietary app hard-coded to use Apple sources, you can tweak the sources... Apt or yum are no more app stores than curl or git.
- LoganDark 8mo agoThe app is a store, and Flathub is also a store if it allows downloading and installing the packages directly. Apple's App Store is a perfect example because there is no difference between stores with private sources and stores with open sources for the purposes of whether or not it is a store.