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Babe wake up, new flathub frontend just dropped

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Your comment got me thinking… Is this a big deal, or even a small deal?

I think it’s a deal of some proportion. If someone is trying out Linux for the first time and stumbles across how Flatpaks work and starts exploring Flathub, maybe their initial impression will be good enough to consider switching. If something appears to be polished, then maybe it is.

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Actually- yeah.

Perception is reality; while hardcore nerds are willing to roll their own distributions, there’s a reason Ubuntu is damn popular. Most normal people want their computers to work, and to have an easy discoverable ecosystem.

So yeah. A Big deal

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huge deal, software discoverability is one of the worst issues in linux rn.

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The flathub website is pure UX garbage so I wouldn’t count on any improvements in discoverability. 😄

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KDE Discover? Surely looks better than whatever this is

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I hope it will change software discoverability on linux for the better.

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50 points

TurboWarp looks suspiciously like Scratch

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Mod of Scratch 3 with a compiler, dark mode, addons, and more features.

https://turbowarp.org/

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Yes, on the website you just put the scratch url in and it compiles it to JavaScript

It’s basically just an improved alternative to phosphorus

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@AdrianTheFrog oh that’s pretty cool. Old popular (& well made games) could be ported to an app using that

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31 points

Just realized I’ve never used the flat hub website

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I always check if the was packaged by the developer. I tend not to trust apps packaged by someone else.

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I always check if the was packaged

the gnome app store shows the verified status of apps, im pretty sure the kde one does too

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Unfortunately the developer often doesn’t have packages or they don’t update them.

Such is the case for Zoom. I downloaded the “official” distribution but I had no way to update it so it eventually became stale and started breaking.

Also Discord. There was no official release until very recently.

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It is useful to check the manifest file, some developer list additional setup guide and options in their github readme.

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I like this style, reminds me of modrinth

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It’s the Gnome/adwaita style. There are many apps (on flathub) which have it too.

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Comparisons kills the art

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Top 60% of the screen is garbage. I hate app stores… This is why I use the cli.

/get off my lawn

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It’s the beauty of Flatpak, works both ways no prob

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Yeah just wish it would show the verified status in the cli, that’s the only reason I still go to the website

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4 points

You have 2 other options:

  • Gnome Software
  • Create a TUI
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