Not saying a user cannot install deb at all in Ubuntu 24.04.
That is not the point here.
I don't like that the ability to double click to install deb has been removed. It would have been better to provide a workaround (by having gdebi installed by default) if it was technically not possible to handle third party debs by the app store in 24.04.
Imagine suggesting a new user to use terminal or install an app just for installing Google Chrome!
The point I was making was not that you're saying it's impossible to install a deb.
The snarky point I was making was that a year ago you were fine recommending people install gdebi. Now you're incandescent with rage with a software choice in a product. It's all a little bit overblown.
Take a step back and think why it might not be a good idea in general to make it easy to install random debs from the internet?
On install, they run as root, and can do literally anything. 🤷
It's FOSS
in reply to popey • • •Hello Alan,
Not saying a user cannot install deb at all in Ubuntu 24.04.
That is not the point here.
I don't like that the ability to double click to install deb has been removed. It would have been better to provide a workaround (by having gdebi installed by default) if it was technically not possible to handle third party debs by the app store in 24.04.
Imagine suggesting a new user to use terminal or install an app just for installing Google Chrome!
popey
in reply to It's FOSS • • •The point I was making was not that you're saying it's impossible to install a deb.
The snarky point I was making was that a year ago you were fine recommending people install gdebi. Now you're incandescent with rage with a software choice in a product. It's all a little bit overblown.
Take a step back and think why it might not be a good idea in general to make it easy to install random debs from the internet?
On install, they run as root, and can do literally anything. 🤷