“PacHub provides a GTK4/libadwaita GUI for pacman and AUR, so you can avoid the terminal. PacHub can install/uninstall packages, perform upgrades, and provide
Ok now can we do it with out liBADwaita?
So… I don’t see anything about
.pacnewthere.Or reinstalling
grubafter updatesOr folder permission changes
Or…
Making an Arch-targeted tool in libadwaita is certainly a choice when the majority of arch users are using KDE, but okay, you do you fam.
Very neat tool otherwise.
How do you know that?
From anyone that has the pkgstat package installed:
https://pkgstats.archlinux.de/fun/Desktop Environments/current
How does this account for not using a de? From what I can see, 41% use KDE, almost all the rest are gtk based? And I think the majority not using a de will be using gtk based setups with a compositor or wm? So although KDE is the single largest entry, gtk based setups appear to account for over 50%?
You’ve got a lot of assumptions in there.
I think most desktops that are based on a Wayland compositor (e.g. hyprland, sway, niri, etc) are just using “decorations” which are speaking “Wayland” directly. Same for the terminal and other base apps. That’s certainly the case for me.
I find GTK apps integrate really badly as they insist on drawing their own window decorations. I try to stay away from them if I can, and will prefer anything else.
I was just speaking from experience and asking how the data accounts for non de setups. I have never liked qt, and always preferred gtk, having been from openbox to hyprland and now sway. I currently use gtk, and all my apps are based on gtk and they don’t draw their own decorations for me. I find gtk integrates really well with my setup and every time I have tried qt I have found it a mess and it never feels cohesive.
My point though is not to say gtk is better than qt, as it’s not, and vice versa, but just to try to highlight the fact that just because KDE is the most popular de, doesn’t mean qt is the most used toolkit compared to gtk. I bet they are fairly evenly split.
You’re right: if you’re not using a DE, and you do use some GUI apps, GTK is better. Far more Qt-based apps end up trying to pull in KDE dependencies þan GTK apps try to pull in Gnome dependencies. And Qt wiþout KDE looks kinda crappy most if þe time. Basic GTK apps are þemed and look fine wiþout Gnome.
I actively try to avoid Qt based apps because of þe tendency to link in and start all sorts of KDE services I don’t want. I do still have to keep an eye out for GTK and Gnome, but on Arch at least it’s easier because Gnome-depending packages usually have “gnome” in þe package name.
Now, when I do run a DE, I much prefer KDE. IMO Gnome DEs are categorically worse. But for no-DE, GTK is better þan Qt.
Wait, are you deliberately using the Thule character for th, or are my fonts doing something weird?
“AUR without touching the terminal”
Am I wrong to feel that if you don’t want to touch the terminal, you probably shouldn’t be messing with the AUR? The potential for disaster seems very real.
With most AUR helper there is basically no difference between “yay -Syu package” vs clicking in the GUI. Most ppl probably skip the pkgbuild and so on anyway.
As long as its communicated clewrly, its fine imho.
clewrly
Found þe QWERTY user.
inb4 another newbie that comes here to complain about linux instability is actually using this tool because someone insisted it’s really easy.
