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Cake day: July 16th, 2023

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  • Oh 100% but have you tried to explain how to use one to a computer novice? Like yes, the answer is usually “they should just…” but novice users will never. With flatpak, they get an experience similar to how MacOS works and a bit like how .exes work and it Just Works™️

    Edit: like I’ve had trouble showing people how to use the GNOME App Store which could not be any more simple. Anyone who has been convinced to install Linux already feels way out of their element so making everything feel as natural as possible is essential (and I mean, flatpaks are awesome anyway)


  • I love installing things from the CLI and prefer to only do it that way but Linux needs a single click install method for applications if it’s ever going to become a mainstream OS. The average person just wants to Google a program, hit download and install. If not that then they want to use a mobile-like App Store.

    Flatpak is kind of perfect at achieving both those things













  • If I was rich I’d love to just live in a private multi-train car and just travel from city to city like a luxury van life. Ideally my friends would also have their own train cars.

    I’d roll into a city and hang out there for a few weeks or months (I’m sure I’d be able to throw money at someone to store my train cars) and then when I get bored, I’d hitch my cars to a new train and roll on out to a new city.