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   Chris Ahlstrom to Alan   
   Re: How-To Customize Linuxmint to look l   
   02 Jan 26 08:45:51   
   
   XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: OFeem1987@teleworm.us   
      
   Alan wrote this post by blinking in Morse code:   
      
   > On 2025-12-31 10:15, CrudeSausage wrote:   
   >>   
   >>    
   >>   
   >> Nope, I didn't need to. I'll leave that to you Apple zealots.   
   >>   
   >>>    
   >>>   
   >>> Or do Linux users have some special ESP power to simply know the   
   >>> command necessary?   
   >>>   
   >>> :-)   
   >>   
   >> See above.   
   >   
   > I see.   
   >   
   > So it's easy and fast to install apps in Linux...   
      
   Yes.   
      
   > ...once you've customized it with additional tools?   
      
   No.   
      
   All distros have a package manager. Each package manager has one   
   or more easy front-ends. Each distro has a large list of packages.   
      
   For some less popular packages, you might need to add another   
   repository to the list of places to get packages.   
      
   For Arch Linux, there is a user-repository for packages not in the   
   default install.   
      
   And in some cases (such as apps/libraries on GitHub), you might   
   need to build from source code.   
      
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