• Skull giver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl
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    1 year ago

    If you tell new users they shouldn’t be installing Discord the way Discord tells them to, you’re only sending them back to Windows.

    Most damage I’ve seen comes from PPAs and other repositories, indivual deb files usually come from proprietary software that’ll package all of its shitty proprietary dependencies.

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      1 year ago

      Tell them to install via flatpak. Spotify, Discord and so on should be available as flatpak via Gnome Software or the KDE software center. NOW on Ubuntu, this is anyone’s guess. I’m guessing there is no flatpak support by default. Ubuntu is doing the linux community a disservice.

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      1 year ago

      I’m telling them that because it is a poor idea. But preferably the system should fix user mistake and behind the scenes just install Discord from repo or flatpak, with option to bypass this behaviour for those who know what they’re doing.

      Preferably these software vendors would know to guide users towards proper ways of installing stuff, but that’s not happening.