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1. popey (popey@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 29-Apr-2024 20:26:14 JST popey

   • It's FOSS

   Hey @itsfoss - This you?
   What a difference a year makes, huh?

   Bit weird. Maybe have a lie down.

   #linux #ubuntu

   • It's FOSS (itsfoss@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 29-Apr-2024 20:26:14 JST It's FOSS

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     @popey Hello Alan,

     Not saying a user cannot install deb at all in Ubuntu 24.04.

     That is not the point here.

     I don't like that the ability to double click to install deb has been removed. It would have been better to provide a workaround (by having gdebi installed by default) if it was technically not possible to handle third party debs by the app store in 24.04.

     Imagine suggesting a new user to use terminal or install an app just for installing Google Chrome!

   • popey (popey@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 29-Apr-2024 21:18:40 JST popey

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     • It's FOSS

     @itsfoss The point I was making was not that you're saying it's impossible to install a deb.

     The snarky point I was making was that a year ago you were fine recommending people install gdebi. Now you're incandescent with rage with a software choice in a product. It's all a little bit overblown.

     Take a step back and think why it might not be a good idea in general to make it easy to install random debs from the internet?

     On install, they run as root, and can do literally anything. 🤷