Cyberpunk Librarian on Nostr: **A typical forum experience in the world of open source.** Question: Hello, can ...

**A typical forum experience in the world of open source.**

Question: Hello, can anyone tell me how to do X?

Response: I think the best way is to do Y.

Reply: Y is good but Z is better.

Reply: Z is better and you can do it in Docker.

Reply: You should try A and B too. You can throw those into the same Docker with Z.

Reply: Oh no no, don’t do that! It’s against best practices to run things like that in the same container. Use a container for each thing.

Reply: I’ve run Z, A, and B in the same container for months without any problems, what’re you talking about?

Reply: Yeah, I use compose files that are deployed through Ansible. I tried some other containers like podman and LXC but Docker and Ansible work well enough for me.

Reply: If you don’t want to go the container route, you can install Y easily using a tool called Y-Installer.

Reply: Oh, I’d never use Y-Installer or anything like that. I build my stuff from source.

Reply: That and Y-Installer is a GUI front end for Y-instl. Save yourself the headache and just do it from the terminal.

Reply: Guys, you’re losing sight of what’s going on. Why would you use some stupid CLI app when you can just run it in a container?

Reply: I run mine in a VM and that’s really all that VM does.

Reply: That’s stupid as fuck, why are you doing that?

Reply: Look, just put in all in separate LXC containers. You might have to configure a bunch of stuff but it’s worth it.

Reply: Oh hey, I just found this thread! Don’t forget about D! D is new and it’s pretty awesome.

Reply: I’ve never heard of D, can you run it in a container?

Reply: Maybe? I’ve not tried. I’ve got it running on my Windows machine.

Reply: Windows is for limp-dicked shitclowns who are afraid of real computers, you need to wipe that shit and install Arch.

Reply: Fuck Arch and fuck you.

Reply: Arch is so needlessly complicated, just use Gentoo.

Reply: Hey I tried D and D wasn’t bad. There’s a version you can run on Linux too.

Reply: If it started out as a Windows app, I’m not installing it on my system.

Reply: I just found out about D and I made a Snap of it. You can snag it in the Snap Store.

Reply: Snap is bullshit and the Snap Store is a long plastic hallway filled with the bodies of Richard Stallman and Linus Torvalds. Flatpak or nothing, my friend.

Reply: Jeez, dude, there’s nothing wrong with Snaps, it’s just another packaging format.

Reply: Of which we have too many all ready.

Reply: Well if everyone would just do the obviously smart thing and start using Flatpak…

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