This video went a little bit off the rails towards the middle but the tl;dr of it is - I prefer Nala on my desktop systems because it looks great and is easy to use.
@@Egeexyz Yeah, I don't think flatpaks as system software either. Maybe it's mislabeled, or they wanted to make it simple for users who don't know the different packaging formats.
I've been looking for something more "fun" to do with the channel and these seemed like no-effort videos nobody would care about. It's funny to see them be so well received haha
My problem with Nala is you can only search one word at a time. If you put multiple words in, you won't get results for all of them, just an error. Apt lets you widen your search with more words. I still prefer GUIs for browsing software anyway. I only use the terminal when I know exactly what package I'm looking for or when I'm copying install instructions from online.
for example apt knows the reverse dependencies and reads them every time ( that's why it's so slow ) nala does not know reverse dependencies nala does not support working with sources, virtual packages.... what you think about this?
Exactly. You can also use the command: "doas (or sudo) nala fetch --auto --fetches 4 --country US" to automatically add 4 mirrors to your sources list.
I like Nala, however it lacks some features of apt and apt-get. First, the version in Debian 12 lacks the T to target other repositories like backports. This was added in later versions. However, I went to try to use Nala to modify repositories or something and that had to be done by another apt tool. I can't remember, but everything you can do the apt commands can't be done with Nala. And, one debian apt is a front end for various apt- commands.
I think its rating each server based on ping and not actual download speed. Also, having so many mirrors is pointless. I think three would be better. " They should change the scan to go search first the best ping but then also test each download speed. Good ping doesnt mean good download speed.
This video went a little bit off the rails towards the middle but the tl;dr of it is - I prefer Nala on my desktop systems because it looks great and is easy to use.
10:57 Those listed as System Software are flatpak runtimes. Running "flatpak update" would list their updates.
But it shows up under "System Software" and I don't think of Flatpak stuff as "system software".. Maybe the label in Discover could be better?
@@Egeexyz Yeah, I don't think flatpaks as system software either. Maybe it's mislabeled, or they wanted to make it simple for users who don't know the different packaging formats.
The recent sorta how to stuff has been helpful , keep it up. Like seeing the setup stuff helps even for other distros
I've been looking for something more "fun" to do with the channel and these seemed like no-effort videos nobody would care about. It's funny to see them be so well received haha
My problem with Nala is you can only search one word at a time. If you put multiple words in, you won't get results for all of them, just an error. Apt lets you widen your search with more words.
I still prefer GUIs for browsing software anyway. I only use the terminal when I know exactly what package I'm looking for or when I'm copying install instructions from online.
Oh hi there! ^~^
Thanks for the video.
May I ask where do you get these amazing wallpapers?
WAIT...
You do ASMR???
And I am a subscriber to that channel???
for example apt knows the reverse dependencies and reads them every time ( that's why it's so slow )
nala does not know reverse dependencies
nala does not support working with sources, virtual packages....
what you think about this?
when I use the command `nala fetch` now, it asks for the mirrors I want to use, separated by space.
Exactly. You can also use the command: "doas (or sudo) nala fetch --auto --fetches 4 --country US" to automatically add 4 mirrors to your sources list.
I like Nala, however it lacks some features of apt and apt-get. First, the version in Debian 12 lacks the T to target other repositories like backports. This was added in later versions. However, I went to try to use Nala to modify repositories or something and that had to be done by another apt tool. I can't remember, but everything you can do the apt commands can't be done with Nala. And, one debian apt is a front end for various apt- commands.
Extra packages in discover come from flatpaks and flat hub including the mesa too. I just ran flatpak update in the terminal for them.
Nala seems reminiscent of yum/dnf. Those are also python based IIRC.
Nalla is not in Debian stable 😥.
2:20 Still the same today
I think its rating each server based on ping and not actual download speed. Also, having so many mirrors is pointless. I think three would be better.
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They should change the scan to go search first the best ping but then also test each download speed. Good ping doesnt mean good download speed.
VanillaOS suits me i think
Reminder: protogens go beep boop
nala is frontend for apt
you will still need apt
flatpak update on terminal. you will see it.
Yeah, chose 3 or 4 mirrors... that was you doing it wrong. Wow
meh. looks unfinished. I'll sit out nala until it's mature. boring, old, but trusty apt will do for the next few years :)