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diff --git a/src/posts/best-linux-distro.svx b/src/posts/best-linux-distro.svx index a7956b5..351f919 100644 --- a/src/posts/best-linux-distro.svx +++ b/src/posts/best-linux-distro.svx @@ -67,10 +67,11 @@ And that's the thing that drives me nuts. PPAs and COPR break if your version is Let's walk through three quick examples. [Upscayl](https://github.com/upscayl/upscayl) — the README says it should be available on most Linux software listings, plus Flatpak and Snap. Cool! Open store, click install, done. This is what we want. One store, all distros. Now let's try [Piper](https://github.com/libratbag/piper), a Logitech mouse configuration utility. Piper has its own [wiki entry](https://github.com/libratbag/piper/wiki/Installation) guiding users to install through their distro's repos: - -> Fedora: `dnf install piper` -> Arch: `pacman -S piper` -> Ubuntu: `sudo apt install piper` +``` +> Fedora: `dnf install piper` +> Arch: `pacman -S piper` +> Ubuntu: `sudo apt install piper` +``` Nice! It's in the main repositories. Let me install it on my Bazzite system... *Oh.* I *can't*. It's an immutable distro. I need to first `ostree admin unlock` my installation, install the app from dnf, and pray it doesn't break next update. @@ -78,12 +79,14 @@ If a distro prevents me from installing or launching software because of incompa Last example: [Waydroid](https://docs.waydro.id/), a container to launch Android within Linux Desktop. The guide for Ubuntu tells me to... -> Install pre-requisites -> sudo apt install curl ca-certificates -y -> Add the official repository -> curl -s https://repo.waydro.id | sudo bash -> Install waydroid -> sudo apt install waydroid -y +``` +> Install pre-requisites +> sudo apt install curl ca-certificates -y +> Add the official repository +> curl -s https://repo.waydro.id | sudo bash +> Install waydroid +> sudo apt install waydroid -y +``` And it states: "If the script fails to detect your distribution, you can provide a valid option by appending -s <DISTRO>. Currently supported values are: mantic, focal, jammy, kinetic, lunar, noble, plucky, questing, bookworm, bullseye, trixie, sid". Good fucking luck understanding what that means if you're coming from Windows, running Linux Mint because someone told you it's beginner friendly, and wonder why there's no Bluestacks for Linux. |