If you use a Linux desktop professionally, it's only a matter of time until you hit that one GUI app that you need, that is only supported on Ubuntu.

I prefer Tumbleweed, but the sane choice remains Ubuntu.

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sharperguy 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Both Arch and Nix solve this by making it very easy to write packages that work around the compatibility issues. When I used to use ubuntu and mint it was a lot more common to run into these types of issues.

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bcjdjsndon 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> that is only supported on Ubuntu.

So much for that Linux ecosystem compatibility, Linux apps not even compatible with other linuxes!

	▲	grim_io 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It's a packaging problem. A vendor used to the Windows ecosystem might find it natural to support only one Linux distribution.

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d3Xt3r 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Distrobox exists for that very reason. No need to ruin your main OS just to run one app.

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grim_io 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Distrobox is great for cli apps and stuff not touching mesa/drivers.

It's very awkward or unusable otherwise.

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d3Xt3r 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Hasn't been my experience, running KDE Wayland on host with amdgpu. Just had to pass `--extra-flags "env GDK_BACKEND=wayland"` when exporting the app. Zero issues, far from being unusable.

In fact you can even run an entire DE from Distrobox if you wanted to, although I can imagine that being a bit awkward. But a single GUI app? Shouldn't be an issue unless you've got a tricky/niche setup.

	▲	grim_io 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		This is again the argument of the power user arguing that everyone should just become the expert in the power users domain. As long as the Kernel ist compatible, sure, technically. This is not what I would consider "supported". This is not something a company wants to deal with on every single Linux client.