Varia is a new, open-source download manager for Linux based on Aria2, a powerful command-line download utility. As the user interface is built with GTK 4
I’m an Arch user, so before I come across as disingenuous, I need to clarify that I just like to stick with ‘pacman’ as much as possible so that my install stays as “clean” as possible. Most of the time If I can’t find something in pacman I can get it in the AUR. “Varia” isn’t found in the AUR yet and in such cases I’ll go to github and install it from there.
From my perspective those things are also pretty political.
E.g. Ubuntu ditched Flatpak in favor of their Snap solution. Snap has, compared to Flatpak only Ubuntu’s proprietary store, where Ubuntu has full control over it. So it’s also a fight about influence.
And it’s breaking with traditional standards which people got used to and, as it’s quite new, smaller things need still to be ironed out.
As someone who just started using Linux not so long ago, I’m just curious, why is anything to do with Flatpak a concern?
@redimk
I’m an Arch user, so before I come across as disingenuous, I need to clarify that I just like to stick with ‘pacman’ as much as possible so that my install stays as “clean” as possible. Most of the time If I can’t find something in pacman I can get it in the AUR. “Varia” isn’t found in the AUR yet and in such cases I’ll go to github and install it from there.
https://github.com/GCJMackenzie/Varia
From my perspective those things are also pretty political. E.g. Ubuntu ditched Flatpak in favor of their Snap solution. Snap has, compared to Flatpak only Ubuntu’s proprietary store, where Ubuntu has full control over it. So it’s also a fight about influence.
And it’s breaking with traditional standards which people got used to and, as it’s quite new, smaller things need still to be ironed out.
@petsoi @redimk
As far as my understanding goes, regarding Ubuntu, is that they are going to ditch Snap completely with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Naughty Nightingale.
Canonical has decided to abandon the Snap project and remove it completely in the upcoming release of 24.04 code-named, Naughty Nightingale.
I think you’re referring to an April Fools article
https://news.itsfoss.com/ubuntu-ditch-snap/
Damnit
Lol
@frogmint
I saw it on linux.org but it seems you are quite correct. Teach me to fact check properly. Thanks.