Why can't Linux do this?

>>106000283 (OP)
GPL.

Although, technically, AppImage exists and is pretty much this. Not a lot of software is using it though.

AppImage

>>106000283 (OP)
NIGGER

>>106000283 (OP)
What's happening on the right

>>106000926

>>106000953
I'm out of the loop here, what's happening

>>106000283 (OP)
Nobody does this on Mac. There's brew.

>>106000283 (OP)
cuz i dont need my pc treating me like an idiot

>>106000283 (OP)
No need to drag anything, just click "install".

>>106000283 (OP)
what an irony, i would say it's vice versa, as macos is missing normal package manager, that's why it has brew

>>106001015
Poop shop looks very nice but I remember it working a bit poorly and being a resource hog. Though working a bit wonky is what I've had with Discover too. No experience with Gnöme store

>>106001093
>>106001015
All these app stores are incredibly poorly maintained. Most packages are uploaded by third parties and are outdated as fuck. To be fair though, App Store on the Mac has the same problems with outdated stuff and poor catalogue.

>>106001158
I haven't had that problem, it was more just with the store software. Poop Shop might be better now though

>>106000283 (OP)
linux can absolutely make you mount a disk image that then has some weird file structure to make a specific background appear and hide all chrome and put two icons in specific places to try and make a salvageable user experience out of a total hackjob that has no right to exist in any os at all

>>106000283 (OP)
Nerds get a hard on when they see bright text moving through dark background.
They think they're Neo in the Matrix.

>>106000896
You have to chmod +x an AppImage before using it though. Imagine trying to guide grandma through that over the phone.

Macos. Drag. Drop. Done.

>>106003395
not if you set a root level systemD service to automatically set the execute permission to all .AppImage files

>>106001871
facts

>>106001871
Dark text moving through light background, more like.

>>106003395
Drop what where? In Windows you just have to double click. Fuck that man.

>>106003395
I literally never had to do this. Dont know what you're talking about

>>106000283 (OP)

cuz

>>106005090
cuz what

>>106003395
Never had to do this. Just double click and run; tested on Fedora, Manjaro, and Raspbian.

>>106000000

>>106005918
n

>>106000926
>>106000953
>>106000973
This. I don't use Mac and have no idea what this is implying.

>>106000283 (OP)
It can and does it easily.

>>106004164
Double click and go through whatever bullshit installation process there is. Fuck that.

>>106005894
>>106004548

Literally just tested on that Steam AppImage on Linux Mint, you double click it and... it just does nothing. No indication of anything being wrong. You have to allow execute permissions and only then does it work. It might be an AppImage specific thing. Who knows.

>why not just use the steam .deb file!!!1!

The AppImage has several fixes that Valve doesn't implement and is more performant.

>>106000926
>>106000953
>>106006294

It's a method of installing apps on the Mac. When you download a .dmg file and double click on it, that dialogue box pops up. Drag the icon to the folder and your application is installed. Done.

Meanwhile on Linux some scary text flies by at super high speed while the magic stuff happens, though that's all handled in the background on modern distros.

>>106000926
>>106006294
Troonix user IQ at display

>>106006356
>>106006370
Wtf why do you have to drag? I just press install and it installs. Having to drag after already double clicking the thing seems bizarre. What's the reason it works that way?

>>106003922
Ay, my eyes! Is that fucking 8 spaces per tab?

>>106003395
>Imagine trying to guide grandma through that over the phone.
Fuck you, your grandma called not because she needs some dumb softwae but because she'd like to hear her grandson's voice. Least you could do is pay the old lady a visit, install her software, kissh er cheek and eat her home baked cookies.

>>106000283 (OP)
only fucking illiterates and poors use linux

>>106000283 (OP)
sage goes in all fields

>>106006893
cope goes in all fields

If you can't see how left is superior you shouldn't be allowed to use a computer

>>106000283 (OP)
>Macfag thinks this is superior

>>106000926
humiliation ritual

>>106006356
I have both, and Linux is less work in most cases.

Mac:
1. look up app and download .dmg from website
2. open finder and locate file
3. mount .dmg
4. drag icon to applications folder

Linux:
1. open software manager
2. search for app
3. click install

>>106003395
>You have to chmod +x an AppImage before using it though.
Absolutely false, if terminal use is implied.
Takes 2 seconds in a file manager to check "can run as executable".

And whether it's necessary in the first place is going to depend on your distro.
At some point we may have a .appimage package manager which removes even the need to download .appimage files.

>>106000283 (OP)
Because we are not retards.
/thread

>>106006978
But surely there must be some technical or other reason for why you have to manually drag?

>>106007014
>we
meds schitzo

>>106006725
Mac apps are distributed as virtual CDs that you install the app from.
It was clever 30 years ago but now it's just annoying.