Cassidy James :eos: :gg: :fh: on Nostr: The sad state of app distribution on Windows and macOS continues to trip up ...
The sad state of app distribution on Windows and macOS continues to trip up first-time Linux users. It's still wildly prevalent to ignore the platform app store in favor of going directly to a company’s website to download apps on those platforms—and that makes it confusing to new Linux users who would be best served by using their OS’s built-in app store, instead.
#Linux #OpenSource #Flatpak #Flathub #LinuxApps
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