When you double click on a deb package in Ubuntu 23.10 an error appears to tell you "there is no app installed for 'Debian package' files". In this post I
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.