@[email protected] to [email protected] • 2 years agoWhy don't more distributions have something like the AUR when it's the main reason why so many people use Arch Linux?message-square129fedilinkarrow-up1126arrow-down18
arrow-up1118arrow-down1message-squareWhy don't more distributions have something like the AUR when it's the main reason why so many people use Arch Linux?@[email protected] to [email protected] • 2 years agomessage-square129fedilink
minus-squareMischievousTomatolinkfedilink15•2 years agoFedora has COPR, Opensuse has the OBS (which also works for other distros), NixOS (my beloved) has overlays…
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•2 years agoI’ve been on NixOS for about a week now and I can say I’ve got access to pretty much all of the packages I was using on Arch just from nixpkgs. I even found it quite easy to package stuff myself!
minus-squareMischievousTomatolinkfedilink2•2 years agoSame. Exactly. Packaging can be a bit more complex, but once you get it, it’s great. There’s even the NUR, but I havent used it.
Fedora has COPR, Opensuse has the OBS (which also works for other distros), NixOS (my beloved) has overlays…
I’ve been on NixOS for about a week now and I can say I’ve got access to pretty much all of the packages I was using on Arch just from nixpkgs. I even found it quite easy to package stuff myself!
Same. Exactly. Packaging can be a bit more complex, but once you get it, it’s great. There’s even the NUR, but I havent used it.
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