u/al2klimov — reddlx

Huge GNU/Linux supporter, user and even engineer, don't get me wrong, just wondering who thought it might be a good idea to have multiple package managers, EACH having multiple configurations, EACH with varying software availability, EACH with different commands to use it?

Why haven't we come up with a unified software discovery and installation system yet? I don't want to have to remember whether this time around I have to write "dnf" or "apt" or "yum" or whatever else. And I definitely don't want to have to go DIG FOR PACKAGE NAMES that you MUST know to be able to even install the software you want, for example I wanted to get Brave browser, and of course the immediate question became - what do i even type in my package manager? I dont know the exact string for its package name. Why should I have to, even for such a universal piece of software as Brave? Why isn't there an easier way?

This is a massive headache with distros.

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u/al2klimov — 5 days ago

▲ 1.6k r/StallmanWasRight+2 crossposts

Whats going on with Snapdragon X Elite Linux support?!

Literally 2 years passed since that CPUs out of there, note thay Apple silicon now has a proper and BETTER support than this Snapdragons, they said "we gonna make Native Linux support" and we still waiting. I was planning to get great Linux laptop with great battery and performance thans to Snapdragon, now its impossible. Only usable OS option out there is Ubuntu and its NOT good too, there is still some issues on Audio, performance is worst than Intel 12th gen i5, battery time worst than Windows, i dont understand. Am i wrong or something? What they promised what they said and what they doing, propiertary driver. When we will get proper Linux support, or this devices gonna get burried with Windows

u/al2klimov — 7 days ago

▲ 6 r/linuxsucks