Mistake number 1, Debian is not beginner friendly.
If i got a beginner friendly distro how will i learn how to use linux properly?
if it’s not in the package manager it’s too advanced for you for the time being
So if an app is not a package manager i’m fucked?
You could have also double clicked the Deb file
I tried, it did nothing, i went online to search for a solution.
which you could manually install
This is mental. This shouldn’t be a thing even for pros. I need 15 minutes to install an app? Sorry i won’t go out this evening, i need to install an app and god knows what can happen.
You might be thinking this is stupid
Well, yes, of course. Also i read some contradictions in your post: the installer only installs what is supposed to, but it needs dependencies to actually make the app usable. But that’s what package managers do, right? Different apps could use the same libraries but also different ones, so the system could become bloated nonetheless. I don’t see how is this beneficial for the user.
It was Debian with xfce.
Wasn’t this the OS of freedom? Hmmm
I tried to install ISO image writer on Ubuntu, on my laptop. Went straight to the package manager, no terminal bullshit, downloaded it, open button is greyed out. Fantastic. Stable version btw. Solved by uninstalling and installing another version available on the manager. Linux is literally problems after problems after problems.
Like, download the APK, enable Unknown sources, tap on the icon? I don’t use android since 2017 but i’m pretty sure is the same, isn’t it? Not an happy comparison.
When i want to uninstall and app and all the dependencies connected to it (autoremove, right?) is Linux able to tell if some of those dependencies are necessary for other apps and “whitelist” them?