I installed CachyOS with Plasma DE and found it has no discover in it. When I searched on their sub lots of people say that one shouldn’t use Discover with any Arch distro as it will break the system. Can anybody clarify why?
Also if I am not supposed to use Discover, can anybody suggest an actual GUI application store? Unlike Octopi (which I consider just as a TUI with check boxes and columns)
Edit: I only use Discover for find and install new apps.
For updating, I just use paru.
It’s okay if you’re just getting flatpaks, but any system packages should go through pacman to avoid partial upgrades, which could break your system. GUI wrappers for pacman are generally discouraged by the Arch maintainers because they could cause you to miss important messages regarding certain package upgrades. Also, I’ve read that packagekit can be poorly maintained at times, leading to more problems. It’s just not worth it, really.
Thanks for the info. What about KDE addons section though?
You can use the System Settings app for that stuff, or just your browser: store.kde.org
For updating, I just use paru.
If you went and even installed a rust based aur helper and pacman wrapper, why not just use it instead of a GUI?
for find and install new apps
Yeah. Paru can find and install new apps.
Yeah. Not like this 👇
My big problem with discover is that it is a vertical layout for something usually horizontally oriented across platforms.
There are no banners or large graphics on the home page. Nothing that makes you feel like you’re in an overarching meta view of the app and all the apps available to you. Instead the front page is just icons and names, same deal with all the categories. It’s just not easy to use to actually find apps, I guess? It feels too much like a package manager or catalogue metaphor and not enough like being in a marketplace?
I guess it’s just not easy for some people to understand that not every people like CLI or TUI. 😮💨
