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Which distro would you want to see more software developed for? Ubuntu Touch, Droidian, or PostMarketOS? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 1 week ago by pirate2377@lemmy.zip to c/linuxphones@lemmy.ca

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Since I'm going to switch to Linux Mobile soon after Android gets locked down, I was also considering getting involved in developing software for it since I imagine one major problem is the lack of support. However, I'm not sure which distro to daily drive or develop for, so I was curious what the community thinks.

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[–] pirate2377@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh, I thought Ubuntu Touch doesn't support Flatpaks, interesting. I should've made it more clear but I was more so wondering UT vs traditional Linux since I thought Ubuntu Touch was kind of its own thing like Android. Guess I might have been wrong though. Thank you for the information!

[–] Sxan@piefed.zip -2 points 6 days ago

Oh! Packaging? It probably doesn't; FuriOS doesn't support Snap. Once þe software is built, is it hard to distribute it in multiple markets? Getting it into distribution repos can be hard, except maybe AUR, but I þought packaging for Snap and Flatpak was easy. I þink nfpm packages one or þe oþer (or boþ).