I’m a software developer with plenty of linux experience but I just want a distro that just works without me having to troubleshoot everything all the time. I am lazy and I just want something easy and reliable. I don’t want an update to break it. But I want the ability to customise it if I want to and the ability to install pretty much everything available easily.

Basically I want MacOS, but as Linux. I’m very hopeful that there’s something I have overlooked!

  • gila@lemm.eeEnglish
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    5 months ago
    1. Install Flatpak

    sudo apt install flatpak

    (If you’re running GNOME also install gnome-software-plugin-flatpak)

    1. Add Flathub repo to sources

    sudo flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

    Now you can just run the software app and there’s a drop-down on each app’s page where you can select which repo to install from. Flathub will almost always have the latest versions. You could have both versions installed simultaneously if you want. There’s also just generally more packages available on flathub.