Ubuntu 23.10's New Software App Will Demote DEBs (Apparently) - OMG! Ubuntu
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A new 'app store' is expected to ship as part of Ubuntu 23.10 when it's released in October — and it'll debut with a notable change to DEB support. Don't

A new ‘app store’ is expected to ship as part of Ubuntu 23.10 when it’s released in October — and it’ll debut with a notable change to DEB support.

  • code@lemmy.mayes.io
    81·
    1 year ago

    This is why im on the hunt for a new distro. Looking at pop and fedora right now. Kinda prefer deb cause thats been my env for 15 yrs

        • mosiacmango@lemm.ee
          61·
          1 year ago

          Debian 12 shipped with the latest kde plasma version, but the distro is designed to be stable, with a capital S. The packages will not update until the version does.

          Flatpaks are a great way to get modern software on a stable OS like debian. If neon has a flatpak version, it would be a good answer.

        • AbidanYre@lemmy.world
          3·
          1 year ago

          You could check backports.

          I don’t usually need the absolute latest so I’m fine waiting for stuff to reach testing.

    • Recant@beehaw.orgEnglish
      81·
      1 year ago

      I would recommend using Linux Mint. It is Ubuntu without Gnome Shell and snaps. They use Flatpak instead. I have been enjoying it ever since I jumped ship from Ubuntu about 2 years ago.

    • miket@lemmy.world
      6·
      1 year ago

      I’d suggest if you want stock and recent Gnome, stick with Fedora.

      Pop is building their own DE that they will switch to sometime in 2023. Which also mean they will remain 22.04 till then.

      I’m waiting for VanillaOS 2.0 release to see if it is any better.

      • NaN@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        3·
        1 year ago

        Not only that, LMDE 6 based on Debian 12 shouldn’t be too far off, which should be a substantial upgrade to the base system.

        Linux Mint 21.2 is in beta, they previously said LMDE 6 should be about a month after the 21.2 release.

    • Cass.Forest@beehaw.orgEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I was using EndeavourOS when I ran into the wall that a lot of stuff didn’t have builds on AUR that I needed (and didn’t feel like compiling myself or they didn’t provide source code)