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I disagree with you in that, only system software should be installed by the native package manager. Everything else should be AppImages.

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Gud|1 year ago

No thanks. Everything should be installed via the operating system package manager.

marcosdumay|1 year ago

What is "system software"?

vundercind|1 year ago

The stuff that gets your desktop started up into a usable state. Same as on any OS, macOS or Windows. The software that is expected to be there on a given version of the OS, that other software may depend on being at some particular (major, at least) version until there’s a new version of the OS.

The stuff that updates when you update the OS.

On macOS, the software that’s not an optional package manageable through the App Store (even if installed by default) or managed by Homebrew or what have you.

You know, the system software.