apx
Apx is the Vanilla OS package manager. It’s meant to be simple to use, but also powerful with support to installing packages from multiple sources without altering the root filesystem. (by Vanilla-OS)
silverblue-site
Historic website for Fedora Silverblue. Now at https://gitlab.com/fedora/websites-apps/fedora-websites/fedora-websites-3.0 (by fedora-silverblue)
| apx | silverblue-site | |
|---|---|---|
| 18 | 39 | |
| 474 | 44 | |
| 1.3% | - | |
| 8.8 | 3.8 | |
| 9 days ago | 11 months ago | |
| Go | HTML | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
apx
Posts with mentions or reviews of apx.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-02.
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Downsides of linux mint
With the advent of containerised software like Flatpak (or apx if you're adventurous) and Distrobox, running a solid LTS release like Mint has fewer drawbacks than ever.
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Apx v2, is now ready for testing
Download the latest build from our GitHub repository: https://github.com/Vanilla-OS/apx/releases/tag/continuous.
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Linux Application installation
All Flatpaks can be installed as a user. For any other apps, you can compile & install apx, which lets you run many distros in full performance, host integrated containers in your home directory
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Using Apx
Honestly, I would try asking on their github .. seems like it should be possible to run it on Silverblue and based on the description from the main project page (emphasis mine), I would think it should be ok
- I created an alternative package manager to apx
- openSUSE ALP: Call for Volunteers
- Options to move forward from EndeavourOS or stay?
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Support for Android apps
There is an issue with lxc as stated here: https://github.com/lxc/lxc/issues/4283 and https://github.com/Vanilla-OS/apx/issues/118
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Hod do I change the desktop environment?
You could try using APX or abroot to install XFCE or Cinnamon; check the APX docs: https://documentation.vanillaos.org/docs/apx/
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I deleted apt somehow and don't have dpkg. I'm running VanillaOS and I have wget. Please help!
Maybe this will help https://documentation.vanillaos.org/docs/apx/
silverblue-site
Posts with mentions or reviews of silverblue-site.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-14.
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Looking for a light distro with good privacy
Fedora; from its 'flagship' Workstation, to their glorious Spins and their Immutable Desktops
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What are some of the more innovative linux distributions?
Fedora Silverblue - pretty well-known at this point, but it’s championing immutability
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A discussion about the Ultimate Linux Desktop
Couldn't have said it better!
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Been away from Linux for many years
An example of an installable immutable OS is Fedora Silverblue. Notably, you can change the "distro" flavor of Silverblue to try out KDE and then just flip back to Gnome. Each change is seen as an "update" that just moves you over to the new GUI. The article below explains a bit more.
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I need something stable in my life...
I guess something like Fedora Silverblue might offer you something (to paraphrase) "stupid proof". For example, in this case the rpm-ostree rollback command would have been sufficient. Disclaimer: rpm-ostree builds images, therefore it's by necessity slower than apt. Futhermore, until this change is merged and deployed you'd have to reboot for the changes to apply. You might want to look into Distrobox as well, perhaps it can solve your problems without having to change your distro.
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Nobara is letting me down lately.
However, I'll add one more that I'm especially fond of. It's one of the most 'stable'\1]) Linux desktop systems\2]) without sacrificing access to the latest kernel-updates and packages. It comes bundled with everything\3]) necessary for productivity right out of the box and is built on top of the fundamentals laid by Fedora's Immutable Desktops. Allow me to introduce uBlue; I know that I'll undersell it regardless, so I recommend you to check the provided link instead.
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Am I better off running a GNU/Linux distro over ChromeOS? If so, why?
the immutable desktops offered by Fedora; which would be Silverblue, Kinoite and Sericea (special mention goes to uBlue)
- lustris incompatible with mesa-freeworld?
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[Qtile] stacking+tiling working setup, rewrote default widgets, my first rice
OS: Fedora Silverblue
- best distro for gaming with proton?
What are some alternatives?
When comparing apx and silverblue-site you can also consider the following projects:
distrobox - Use any linux distribution inside your terminal. Enable both backward and forward compatibility with software and freedom to use whatever distribution you’re more comfortable with. Mirror available at: https://gitlab.com/89luca89/distrobox
Conty - Easy to use unprivileged Linux container packed into a single portable executable
ublue - A familiar(ish) Ubuntu desktop for Fedora Silverblue.
blend - Package manager for blendOS
windows-defender-remover - A tool which is uses to remove Windows Defender in Windows 8.x, Windows 10 (every version) and Windows 11.
live-iso - Vanilla OS Live ISO Builder.
ponysay - Pony rewrite of cowsay.
flatpak - Linux application sandboxing and distribution framework
AppImageKit - Package desktop applications as AppImages that run on common Linux-based operating systems, such as RHEL, CentOS, openSUSE, SLED, Ubuntu, Fedora, debian and derivatives. Join #AppImage on irc.libera.chat
qemu-t8030 - iPhone 11 emulated on QEMU
eget - Easily install prebuilt binaries from GitHub.