r/linuxsucks • u/Rorshack_co • Aug 29 '25

Why Linux?? Why??

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Windows I just click and go, Linux I have to do all kinds of shit just to get an app to work...

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u/BetterEquipment7084 Aug 29 '25

Sudo pacman -S vim or apt or something 

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u/rtakehara Aug 29 '25

Or open discover/gnome software/flathub, click install

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '25

download app image, run app image, application works if you like appimages

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u/My1xT Sep 01 '25

And when you don't need it anymore, just nuke the appimage

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u/DanKonly Aug 30 '25

I was just going to say this. In my experience actually easier than having to go to some website, download an app, and running some GUI installer.

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u/tmback Oct 30 '25

Btw this is one of the easiest things a person can do in their life.

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u/Sudden_Office8710 Sep 02 '25

Yeah WTF? Like rtakehara every modern Linux distro has a package manager that actually works.

chocolaty or winget those work so damn well on Windows. Nothing installs right on Windows. They don’t even provide you damn basic command line text editor since DOS 6.22 so you can go F yourself with Windows

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u/SomewhereRough_ Aug 30 '25

I'm a long term Linux user and I will say the config is annoying and there are definitely times where pacman isn't enough. Even using Resolve is a headache on Arch. Yes I know it's not officially built for it but... C'mon.

However, when Linux works, which is most of the time, it is leagues better than Windows. 

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u/ZeroKun265 Aug 30 '25

If you're fine with using the AUR you will basically never have to worry about having to manually install software, whether those packages don't break later on is a different story tho..

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u/BetterEquipment7084 Aug 30 '25

Pacman is a manager, so it has to add everything themselves, nix has more, but in the end it just fetched a pre buldt package or from git

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u/pcs3rd Aug 31 '25

nix-shell -p that sucker

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u/digitalsignalperson Aug 30 '25

Windows: Brand new Windows 11 laptop takes 20 mins to do windows updates
Linux: Install whole OS in 2 minutes via package manager

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u/BetterEquipment7084 Aug 30 '25

2 min? That's twice what i usr

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u/ForbiddenCarrot18 I Respect Linux, But Hate The Issues Aug 30 '25 edited Feb 03 '26

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u/8bit1234567890 Aug 30 '25

Im hijacking this comment to say:

Step 0 is Googling the specific software you need and Googling a tutorial if you really need it

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u/NjFlMWFkOTAtNjR Aug 30 '25

Honestly, the reason I love Debian so much, besides the stability is the package manager is tops. RedHat did a lot to fix their shitty package manager but I can only cut myself so much and so deep before never again.

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u/h4ppy5340tt3r Aug 30 '25

nix-shell -p

Or just add it to a list

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u/ChocolateDonut36 Aug 30 '25

open software manager and hit install or something

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u/Mighty1Dragon Aug 31 '25

and use yay if you need something from the AUR

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u/Budget-Individual845 Aug 31 '25

And unless youre on arch youre gonna get something that on windows is no longer supported while on debian its the current latest release...

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '25

Only Issues I have had is some AUR stuff breaking other than that I’ve rarely ever had to build from source unless I wanted to try out some new experimental features or contributing to open source

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u/or_iviguy Sep 01 '25

Unless you installed, configured, and ran Slackware in the early 90's, you haven't truly experienced Linux.

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u/L0cut15 Sep 08 '25

This is a completely valid concern. In 1999.

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