I know there are ways to install software outside of aptitude on debian/ubuntu, (add repo, or build, or download binary, or possibly flatpak/snap/etc).
But being able to download *.deb files was one of the nicest aspect of using a debian based distros and now I’m seeing more and more projects include all distros except deb files.
Someone correct me but I vaguely recall that distributing debs is no longer recommended by debian itself?
- Am I wrong, and have I only co-incidentally stumbled on projects that don’t distribute debs?
- I am right and this seems like a mis-step, removing one of the most beginner friendly features that helped propagate debian based distros?
Flamesuit on.
FYI - although not official, Discord can be installed as a Flatpak [0], albeit with some features missing [1].
Also, I’ve found Webcord [2] a good alternative for my limited use-case. You may want to try it and see if it works for you. Lastly! I see there’s now a GTK4/Go Discord client available [3], I’ll have to give this a try and see how well it works at the moment.
[0] https://flathub.org/apps/com.discordapp.Discord
[1] https://github.com/flathub/com.discordapp.Discord#differences-in-flatpak-version
[2] https://flathub.org/apps/io.github.spacingbat3.webcord
[3] https://flathub.org/apps/xyz.diamondb.gtkcord4