KaKi87

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[–] KaKi87@jlai.lu 2 points 1 week ago

I have no idea, the documentation didn't even warn there would be any.

I'll keep you updated if I end up having any performance issues.

[–] KaKi87@jlai.lu 1 points 2 weeks ago

Hi,

Did you end up doing it ?

[–] KaKi87@jlai.lu 1 points 9 months ago

Willing to give this a go.

Alright, don't hesitate to ask questions if you have any and request help if you need any

My go-to for getting non-repo debs automatically has been deb-get

Yes, I mentioned it in the Differences with deb-get & AM section of my tutorial.

it seems to go long periods of time between PR merges and releases (which includes adding new software)

Yeah, I could reiterate in that section that my app allows the user to add apps themselves.

[–] KaKi87@jlai.lu 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I didn’t say it was more secure, I said it’s about the same.

You said automation breeds laziness (by design, to an extent) and lazy end users tend to shoot themselves in the foot.

So, my question is : what part of automating download of DEBs from a specific source can be shooting oneself in the foot compared to doing the same thing manually every time ?

you should legally protect yourself

The MIT license will take care of that.

Also, to force the user to accept and acknowledge that the software they are installing using this tool is not verified to be safe is inducing fear and/or guilt, therefore is bad UX, I'm not doing that.

[–] KaKi87@jlai.lu 1 points 9 months ago

It's more functional than object-oriented and I read the former better than the latter. 😅

[–] KaKi87@jlai.lu 1 points 9 months ago

You understand perfectly.

[–] KaKi87@jlai.lu 2 points 9 months ago (3 children)

How is the manual step more secure though ?

What does the user do before downloading a DEB that makes that gap between manual and automated ?

I'd be willing to try and reproduce that, but I don't see anything.

[–] KaKi87@jlai.lu 5 points 9 months ago

It doesn't, that's provided by Cortile.

[–] KaKi87@jlai.lu 5 points 9 months ago

My point is that I'm working a solution for end users.

The solutions you're offering are not user-friendly.

[–] KaKi87@jlai.lu 1 points 9 months ago
[–] KaKi87@jlai.lu 7 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I'm and end user working for end users.

[–] KaKi87@jlai.lu 1 points 9 months ago

My main use case is end user desktops.

 

On Debian-based distros, when an app is available as a DEB or an AppImage (that doesn't self-update), but no APT repository, PPA or Flatpak, the only option is to manually download each update, and usually manually check even whether there are updates.

But, what if those would be upgraded at the same time as everything else using the tools you're familiar with ?

dynapt is a local web server that fetches those DEBs (and AppImages to be wrapped into DEBs) wherever those are, then serves these to APT like any package repository does.

I started building it a few months ago, and after using it to upgrade apps on my computers and servers for some time, I pre-released it for the first time last week.

The stable version will come with a CLI wizard to avoid this manual configuration.

Feedback is welcome :)

 

Hello,

Firefox has a profiles feature, but isn't easy to use like Chromium's.

As it fits LivreWolf's goal, it would be nice to improve this feature's usability for end users.

Please upvote my feature request on Codeberg if you agree.

Thanks

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