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      • λλλ@programming.dev
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        4 months ago

        How does installing apps work? I know you can use flatpak. But, what if it’s a cli app that you want to install that isn’t on flatpak?

        • KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world
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          4 months ago

          If it doesn’t need to access root files, you install it inside a container.
          toolbox create
          toolbox enter
          Takes just a few seconds and now you’re inside a traditional Fedora 40 CLI system that can access your /home but otherwise has a separate file system. This is great for setting up a dev environment without polluting the host system.

          If it does need to access root files, you can install it with rpm-ostree, which basically creates a new OS image that contains the app.
          rpm-ostree install --apply-live [package name]
          But if you feel like you need that a lot, a traditional Linux system would be a better fit.

          The way I use Silverblue is kinda like Android. All the apps I need for my general purpose laptop are available as flatpaks. The OS itself kind of disappears in the background. I set it to update itself automatically without telling me and I actually don’t do anything with the terminal or outside of /home . The OS is a GUI application launcher, which is exactly what I was looking for after 20 years of tinkering with Linux.