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I start: the most important thing is not the desktop, it's the package manager.

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[–] throwawayish@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You can install Distrobox on Fedora (or any of the distros that support it), create a Debian distrobox on your Fedora install, and within the Debian distrobox you can use apt-get to install whichever Debian package you like. Or..., you could make an Arch distrobox and even install stuff from the AUR. Or really any package from any of your favorite distros as long as it's supported.

[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Awesome! And it'll be segregated from the base system and from other containers, like toolbox installs are?

[–] throwawayish@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And it’ll be segregated from the base system and from other containers, like toolbox installs are?

Exactly. It's even possible to segregate it beyond what Toolbx has been able to do (at least since the last time I checked) in that you can define another folder/directory as your HOME directory within the distrobox.

[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Amazing!! Yup. Looks like this is getting installed on my Fedora tonight. Thanks!!

[–] throwawayish@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Glad to be of help 💙 ! Feel free to inquire if you so desire 😉 .

I appreciate that!