0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoSo this is why he doesn't do Linux... any moresh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square332fedilinkarrow-up1653arrow-down141
arrow-up1612arrow-down1imageSo this is why he doesn't do Linux... any moresh.itjust.works0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square332fedilink
minus-squarePopOfAfrica@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 months agoFlatpack really had solved packaging IMO.
minus-squarebruhduh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-28 months agoTrue, also worth mentioning appimage, like flatpak but portable
minus-squarerandomaside@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoAppimage may be the closest thing to the “executable” that Linus is talking about in that specific conference I mentioned. Debconf14 QA with Linus Torvalds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pzl1B7nB9Kc&t=530
minus-squarePopOfAfrica@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoIt was only after becoming acustom to linux that I realized how horrifically insecure executables are. If Windows used repositories, there would be way less old folks with malware.
Flatpack really had solved packaging IMO.
True, also worth mentioning appimage, like flatpak but portable
Appimage may be the closest thing to the “executable” that Linus is talking about in that specific conference I mentioned.
Debconf14 QA with Linus Torvalds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pzl1B7nB9Kc&t=530
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It was only after becoming acustom to linux that I realized how horrifically insecure executables are.
If Windows used repositories, there would be way less old folks with malware.