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I built LinuxMate to kill post-install chaos (free repo + demo) (www.allroundwebsite.com)
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Linux installs fast. Then you spend the next hour doing the same boring ritual: browser, codecs, media tools, chat apps, dev tools, fonts, utilities… all via tabs, notes, and half-forgotten package names.

So I built LinuxMate: a free, open-source helper that generates a clean “get me productive” install script from a checklist. Basically Ninite, but for Linux, and without the “sign in to continue existing” vibes.

  • Pick apps/tools
  • Choose your distro / package manager
  • Get a reproducible script
  • Run it and move on with your life

Live demo: https://www.allroundwebsite.com/linuxmate/ Repo: https://github.com/Henkster72/LinuxMate Blog (my reasoning / background): https://www.allroundwebsite.com/blog/bye-windows-hello-linux-and-linuxmate/

If you’ve got strong opinions (the useful kind): distro support, package picks, safer defaults, or edge cases, I’m collecting feedback.

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[–] illusionist@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

It looks great but I don't like it.

You decide that firefox gets installed via apt and not flatpak. Why?

This aims at someone who already has a system and wants to have some reproducible thing for a new system.

Back the fuck up and restore from backup.

This also includes take asnapshot of flatpak apps and simply reinstall all of them on the new system.

Yes, there is a lot of improvement to automatically do all this. But not with another solution. Just use dotfiles. Dotfiles and a cloud sync thing.

[–] Andres4NY@social.ridetrans.it 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

@illusionist @henkster Firefox from apt and firefox from flatpak are not equivalent. The former goes through an extra process to remove non-free components.

[–] illusionist@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Neither do native and flatpak vscode work the same way. It's about that OP decides it, not the user.

[–] Andres4NY@social.ridetrans.it 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

@illusionist At least with the demo that I'm looking at with the script to download, it gives both flatpak AND apt install commands, giving the user a choice. Maybe I'm looking at the wrong thing though?

[–] illusionist@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Your right. The rest of the comment still holds. Backup and restore.

Edit: I have to sanitise the final script and remove all the wrong commands afterwards 🤔