On Sun, Jun 18, 2023 at 10:34 AM DdB <debianl...@potentially-spam.de-bruyn.de> wrote: > > Am 17.06.2023 um 14:38 schrieb Greg Wooledge: > > On Fri, Jun 16, 2023 at 11:03:59PM -0400, pa...@quillandmouse.com wrote: > >> Why isn't there a ONE WAY for packages to be managed? > > > > Because each user has a different preference. Just read this thread > > for example, and see all the differing opinions about how we like > > our packages to be managed. > > > > > Back in the days, i have been using synaptic myself. And after reading > this thread, i was curious about its appearance today. Thus, in my > virtualised buster install, i did log out of wayland and logged in as > "system X11 default" (under the wheel on login screen). Then, i was able > to install synaptic and use it, although the gnome-software mentionned > its source being debian-old-oldstable-main. > > I seem to have left it behind since stretch, when i moved to commandline > tools instead. When things got really hairy, i recall having used > aptitude on few occasions, but only after thorough experimentation in > virtualized world, before applying the steps on bare metal. > > But since most of you are on bullseye, with a huge crowd even already > landing in bookworm, this report from an outdated software will most > certainly be neglected. FWIW, i chose to let you know anyway.
I've been watching this thread from afar for a while and it still puzzles me why people keep bringing up wayland. I've been running wayland for years, and synaptic works with no issues as far as I can tell. Is this just FUD from a user that never tried it or is something broken on that user's system?
