elementary OS, an OS for suckers
I’ve been, and I still am, mentally busy with the elections in Romania and their unpleasant results so far (rounds: Nov. 24, Dec. 1, Dec. 8), so I canceled a post and postponed others (supposing I’ll still write them). But I can add a quickie, just for my (dark) soul.
So I read that elementary OS 8.0 has been released (Distrowatch; official site; OMG! Ubuntu; Linuxiac). Yes, it’s annoying:
- It’s “Pay What You Can”—but you can choose to pay as little as $1.
- “The thoughtful, capable, and ethical replacement for Windows and macOS” is a complete lie: the dock and the general look and feel are definitely macOS.
- It takes the worst from GNOME (and Ubuntu)—Files, the castrated Nautilus that only has two views: icons and detailed list (they call these modes “Grid” and “List”).
But, well, it’s based on Ubuntu, so one could surely use the best of both worlds, or at least I’ve heard there are some extra apps specifically developed for elementary OS?!
I wanted to explore their exclusivities, so I went to their App Center. What I discovered shocked me: many apps that are free elsewhere are paying in elementary OS! And yes, they’re open-source apps! What the fucking fuck?! Random examples follow.
■ Tuner by Louis Brauer is $5: https://appcenter.elementary.io/com.github.louis77.tuner/
But it’s free:
■ Mixer by Allie Law, which is completely useless bar for the per-app balance, is $3: https://appcenter.elementary.io/com.github.childishgiant.mixer/
But it’s free:
- https://allie.page/projects/mixer/
- https://github.com/ChildishGiant/mixer
- https://flathub.org/apps/com.github.childishgiant.mixer
■ Maurborgne by Justin Haygood is $10: https://appcenter.elementary.io/io.github.jhaygood86.mauborgne/
But it’s free:
■ Peeq by David Howell is $10: https://appcenter.elementary.io/com.github.dbhowell.peeq/
But it’s free if you build it yourself: https://github.com/dbhowell/peeq
■ Crypt by David Johnson is $10: https://appcenter.elementary.io/com.github.dcharles525.crypt/
Well, crypto junkies deserve to pay $10 for it.
Now, really, why would anyone use elementary OS, unless they’re brainwashed Apple users whose motto is “Please, take my money!”?
You can even have it for free. Just put 0 : “In the button “Custom” write 0 then click “Purchase elementary OS”, then “Download”. The download will start without problem and without asking you any money!”
Until one day, perhaps, they’ll block this possibility and the distro will only be available for a fee! Then you’ll also find it on the computer shelves of stores. FNAC… 😠
Wow, this distro is really deceiving! I admit, I did not try with $0.
Apparently, this is also true for the apps: Elementary OS 8: Beauty and the Flatpak Beast — With Screenshots
Yeah, I wanted to comment on that article too, mais je ne suis pas trop dans mon assiette ces jours-ci. Pas physiquement.
Bollocks. Et encore:
Yeah, sure, but Arch and Manjaro have everything in the “latest and greatest” version, if someone wants that. But… seriously, underrated? Beyond backports and extra repos (especially upstream repos, then PPAs) Flatpaks and snaps are made for two specific reasons: (1) to bring apps that simply don’t exist in a distro (lack of dependencies, nobody builds them, etc.); (2) to bring the very latest (stable and possibly development/testing/unstable) version of an app! What’s unexpected, surprising, and underrated here?!
However…
Not only AppImage, but Elementary doesn’t support snaps either!
Yes, but apt is all there to the rescue:
Quel idiot, ce mec ! Being Ubuntu-based, of course it supports apt!
It seems to be more of a girl : BY CHRISTINE HALL
Well, these days, we’re not sure.
But in the end, AppImage… it works !?
“I wanted to share a solution for the appimage case. For me ‘sudo apt install libfuse2’ done it.
But I am not able to get FreeTube running. And I did not find a workaround until now.”
“just tipe in the Terminal:
sudo chmod 4755 /opt/FreeTube/chrome-sandbox”
libfuse2is needed for some Ubuntu systems in order to run AppImages (the worst possiblecontainers/sandboxes/portable shit). For some reason, I didn’t need to install it on Ubuntu MATE. Well, the reason is that Ubuntu MATE has on the Live ISO both versions, and it will install them:•
libfuse2t64•
libfuse3-3The same is valid for Kubuntu and Xubuntu, but the standard (GNOME) Ubuntu, despite the huge ISO size, only preinstalls
libfuse3-3(because it’s the latest and greatest, maybe?).FreeTube? I couldn’t care less. But indeed, AppImages should work; how exactly was this distro supposed to disable them?!
Apparently from a distribution forum (beta), an old post by a little genius (from 2018 it seems) :
“As far as I can see, most people confuse that free as in not paying for a beer and drinking it. But the truth is that someone has to pay for it, if not a friend, yourself or the owner someone most. The software is free as in freedom to see what is inside and to own it ( not counting the trademarks and logos).
Like the user above said, put a $0 and download the software, if you cannot afford to pay for it. But the truth is, that everyone can afford at least a dollar.
I am getting use to paying for Apps that I like in the store. At least a dollar or two. Again, if you are a student from elementary or high school and cannot afford an ATM card, yeah this is made for you. Enjoy, if not, give them a buck or two.
PS, I don’t work for the team nor do I benefit from your purchase on any shape or form. I just believe that fair is fair”
Liam Proven, in Elementary OS 8 ‘Circe’ conjures Wayland magic, only finds less important faults to it, such as the Wayland session being unusable (why is everyone swearing by this retarded, half-baked, non-functional shit?), and this one: “Speaking of updates, Elementary still has a critical weakness. It doesn’t support version upgrades. If you use Elementary OS 7.x, you’ll need to back up your files and data and reinstall. (Unless you followed our 2022 advice, which remains the same as it was in 2010: use a separate /home partition.)”