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I know there are ways to install software outside of aptitude on debian/ubuntu, (add repo, or build, or download binary, or possibly flatpak/snap/etc).

But being able to download *.deb files was one of the nicest aspect of using a debian based distros and now I'm seeing more and more projects include all distros except deb files.

Someone correct me but I vaguely recall that distributing debs is no longer recommended by debian itself?

  1. Am I wrong, and have I only co-incidentally stumbled on projects that don't distribute debs?
  2. I am right and this seems like a mis-step, removing one of the most beginner friendly features that helped propagate debian based distros?

Flamesuit on.

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[–] Madiator2011@lm.madiator.cloud 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I see flatpacks kinda bad. Try to switch browsers and import data from browser running a flatpack :) #Impossible

[–] meteokr@community.adiquaints.moe 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not actually impossible, just requires you know what you are doing. Its a fixable, usability problem for average users.

[–] faktor50@feddit.dk 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've only personally done it from Firefox based ones, but you can just copy the profile directory from one flatpak app into another, then checking permissions depending on if you've installed the flatpak as a user or system. Chrome based ones probably have a similar profile/config directory, but I've not used one in a while.