>switched from Windows 10 to Ubuntu 18.04 >can't get the latest Firefox (60 is out, stuck on 59.0.2) >can't get the latest Transmission (2.94 is out, stuck on 2.92 >can't get the latest Filezilla (3.33 is out, stuck on 3.28 >can't get the latest Gajim (1.02 is out, stuck on 1.01)
None of these have ppas or even snaps or whatever.
Explain this bullshit, and don't tell me to build the source code. No other OS requires me to build the source code to get the latest software.
If the most popular distro can't do this, it's no wonder Linux is like 1% marketshare
>inb4 Jow Forums tells me to install Arch, a distro that breaks with any bad rolling update
>inb4 Jow Forums asks me why I need updates in the first place while every other thread is about updating a kernal or your android phone or getting the latest torrent client or browser update
>install stable branch of a OS >expect bleeding edge Just fuck off back to windows, we don't need your pajeet ass using linux.
Mason Kelly
>I want a rolling release but I don't want a rolling release Feel free to stay away from Linux!
Xavier Butler
>waaah I'm stuck on the previous minor version >waaaaaaaah it's gonna take at least a couple of days more to get them automatically >no I need them NOW but I won't build them, nevermind how small the difference between versions is your inb4 won't save you here, you need to go back to Windows and stay there
Hudson Foster
>he thinks you need a rolling release to have up to date software like browsers, torrent clients, ftp clients, etc.
kek
Elijah James
>switched from Windows 10 to Ubuntu 18.04 18.04 is like week old >can't get the latest Firefox (60 is out, stuck on 59.0.2) FF60 is not even on release page mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/releases/
you really should go back to windows 10 its fit you
If you want more up to date packages, install Manjaro. It's a rolling release distro based on Arch (don't worry noob friendly). Seriously try it out, it's way more stable than Arch because the updates are tested before they get put in Manjaros repos. It's maybe 1-3 days behind Arch.
William Nelson
>If you want more up to date packages, install Manjaro.
Whenever somebody makes a manjaro thread, 80% of the posts say it is shit.
Jason Torres
For linux too. Magic. Packaging for distros may have flags and needs some testing before the release. On ubuntu only the main repo is updated properly. Other may stuck for some time or forever. :^)
Jose Lewis
Sour fags. I use it and it's gitgud. Not perfect, but good enough for a daily driver.
Dominic Williams
>tfw a $30 chinkphone from Walmart gets app updates faster than a $1000 desktop PC running Loonix
I'm using Manjaro, I can say it's good. You got Gentoo/Arch elitsit that call it shit and maybe even Windows/Debian/Mac users that call it shit. But I haven't encountered shit and I'm running it. Try it out on a liveUSB and make up your own mind before listening to shills, I promise you won't waste your time.
What prevents you from going to the official Firefox website and downloading the new version?
OP wants the new version through his package manager, and that's not gonna happen at the same time as the general release because it needs to be tested and built with specific flags for his distro.
The upside to this minor delay is that when you uninstall Firefox it won't leave 14398 registry entries, 985 log files, 32 configuration files and 8 unneeded dependencies like every Windows program.
Adam Williams
>how they can't install software whenever they want But that's wrong you fucking retard. If you want 60.0 you go to Mozilla's page and get it. Whenever you want. >inb4 b-b-but t-that doesn't count
Xavier Foster
>The upside to this minor delay is that when you uninstall Firefox it won't leave 14398 registry entries, 985 log files, 32 configuration files and 8 unneeded dependencies like every Windows program. This triggers the wintard
>The upside to this minor delay is that when you uninstall Firefox it won't leave 14398 registry entries, 985 log files, 32 configuration files and 8 unneeded dependencies like every Windows program.
But it doesn't do that...
Grayson White
>a distro that breaks with any bad rolling update You've never used it.
>Mozilla sends a update to you as soon as it is released and updates your Firefox
Linux
>you have to wait for a 3rd party to grab the update from Mozilla, repackage it, and update your repo for you while Mac and Windows users enjoy their update
>>can't get the latest Firefox (60 is out, stuck on 59.0.2) It's in the testing branch, can't you see? >can't get the latest Transmission (2.94 is out, stuck on 2.92 >can't get the latest Filezilla (3.33 is out, stuck on 3.28 >can't get the latest Gajim (1.02 is out, stuck on 1.01) are you BLIND? look again you retard, it's all updated. install gentoo (arch)
It's just arch fags that don't want people intruding on their secret club. They are the biggest faggots. Gentoo and Slackware users are pretty nice guys and those are actual a slight pain to install and maintain. Arch users give Linux a bad name.
Cooper Ross
Download Everything from voidtools and look at how many versions of libcef.dll, node.dll, 7z.exe and D3DCompiler_XX.dll you have installed in your machine.
William Butler
Samefagging this hard
Kayden Martinez
You can install whatever version of software you want on Linux to. It just doesn't cater to technically illterate brainlets like you and OP
Blake Phillips
why do you need the latest updates immediately? On my windows computer I don't even update to the latest software until weeks after it's been released so I can make sure it's not a garbage update and all my extensions have had time to get updated. Ubuntu is the biggest linux distro, it'll get all of those updates in a week or two. If you need the absolute latest version of software then you shouldn't pick an OS with a rolling release
Alexander Bennett
>hiding your nervous frustration as laughter after being exposed as a brainlet I guess that was the way to go
Anthony Torres
1/10 reading comprehension. Grow a brain or something.
Liam Flores
Go to the transmission website and download it then same is windows retard.
Hunter Cooper
linux is for third worlder poorfags who want to use deprecated software, play 10 year old games and all on dumpster tier hardware
>can't get the latest Firefox (60 is out, stuck on 59.0.2) Download from mozilla website. Install. Just like windows. >can't get the latest Transmission (2.94 is out, stuck on 2.92 a 2.94 build is already being added, you impatient fuck. >can't get the latest Filezilla (3.33 is out, stuck on 3.28 Download from filezilla website. Install. Just like windows. >can't get the latest Gajim (1.02 is out, stuck on 1.01) Website literally has instructions for installing the latest git version.
If a "Linux" user is running a rolling release they do get fast updates. Stop same fagging panjeet this board is for people that understand technology. Windows users aren't welcome here.
>You know that's not true, user. No I didn't because I don't use trash like Windows or Ubuntu so I get the latest package straight from the repo with zero hassle.
Jordan Hernandez
>third worlder poorfags who want to use deprecated software, play 10 year old games and all on dumpster tier hardware
Your are using a stable LTS distro, where maintainers test the software before pushing it into repos, if you need the latest and greatest with dumbass protection use manjaro or antergos. If you think you are so very smart and wont fuck thngs up on the 2nd hour of using linux use gentoo
Additionally, if that is their solution to something so fucking minor and easy to fix imagine all the unfixed security issues the distro itself has. They don't have a security team, they just leech off of Arch and some dipshit colours everything green.
I barely use my linux computer as it's a hobby computer. I use macOS at work and windows at home, retard. You still can't answer why you need minor updates as soon as they are released.
William Lopez
You hear this a lot: "A thread died for this." While accurate, this phrase generally carries no weight. But just this once, if you would do me a favor and hear me out, it would do all of us a lot of good.
A. Thread. Died. For this. You woke up this morning, poured yourself a bowl of Faggot Flakes, moistened them with your impotent Faggot prostate milk (which IS in fact impotent, because you're a fucking faggot) and, within seconds, decided that today of all days would be the time you decide to cut your synapse firing quota by just a little too much.
So you hopped online, carved out this uninspired chicken scratch, probably failed the captcha once for every strand of peach fuzz on your half-empty sack, and clicked Submit.
At that moment, a thread died. A thread that could have been bumped. A thread that could have been resurrected with content, or valuable discourse between its denizens. Hell, it could've even been bumped for absolutely no reason. And that would've been okay. Because, had it survived, a few more seconds could have been spent without having had your abortion of a post been born in this world.
Connor Campbell
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called "Linux", and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.
There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called "Linux" distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.
But you said in the OP that you installed Ubuntu, so you're basically calling yourself a 'cucked loonixtard'. Why would you insult yourself like this? You need to work on your self esteem issues
James Howard
Spoiler: not the OP
Brandon Watson
>Switched from Windows 10 to Ubuntu >Talks shit about Arch without ever using it
Hunter Thompson
>4.14 my sides
Austin Green
/v/ is leaking again, sage.
Christopher Long
I can easily switch to a more up to date kernel if I want. Look at this preinstalled tool.
your obvious samefagging of this thread makes me not believe you
Brandon Moore
This
Camden Scott
> I like having a million applications each with their own update proccess that fuck shit up No way man, i prefer runing the update manager once a week and chosing the things i want to update. And if i want a package directly from the third party i just use the ppa.
Elijah Garcia
>once a week Not updating ten times a day. Disgusting. I'm sure you're using a Debian based distro. [spoiler]apt is a joke[/spoiler]
Cameron Baker
>None of these have ppas or even snaps or whatever. You're a fucking idiot.
>O gaaaawddd im so fucking retarded lawddd help me im a retardddddDD: The Post
Jeremiah Lopez
Firefox binaries from the site come out at the same time. Who knows, maybe this version needed extra testing with the distro. But why do you need the "latest and greatest" version? I doubt a dumb winshit like you can tell the difference.
Julian Williams
Yeah apt is crappy but i also do not care about new software and yes i use debian with gnustep. But i am thinking of installing gentoo for the fun of it.
Brayden Howard
>can't get the latest Firefox (60 is out, stuck on 59.0.2) Weird, I have v62 :^) Firefox is system independent, it has a built-in updater so it's guaranteed to be up to date on any OS. Unless you're referring to Canonical's version, which nobody is forcing you to use. download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-latest-ssl&os=linux64&lang=en-US You can literally extract this into a folder and make a launcher to the executable. This gives you the latest, non-Canonical build. Kys, retard. Should've stayed on windows if you can't fucking solve a problem this simple.
Are you dumb? Firefox is always up to date on any OS. He didn't say he wanted the nightly build, he said he wanted the latest STABLE build.
Are snaps actually better than just adding the repo and getting the package from there?
Charles Fisher
>That's not how it works. That's exactly how it works you fucking retard.
Lincoln Baker
>beta That's because Firefox 60 IS beta.
David Rogers
>it works like that clearly never used Linux before
Mason Wright
>switched from Windows 10 to Ubuntu 18.04 "i don't want to be in a botnet so let me use this other botnet. it has a lot of command line functionality so i'm a nerd" >can't get the latest Firefox (60 is out, stuck on 59.0.2) wrong >can't get the latest Transmission (2.94 is out, stuck on 2.92 i would consider that a good thing >can't get the latest Filezilla (3.33 is out, stuck on 3.28 wrong >can't get the latest Gajim (1.02 is out, stuck on 1.01) i would also consider this a good thing here's an idea - use anarchy liGNUx. it's exactly like arch except even a retard like you could install it. >inb4 Jow Forums tells me to install Arch, a distro that breaks with any bad rolling update it doesn't break if you don't mess with things you don't know about. the most it'll do is erase any configs you have, but only yaourt and pacman do that. there's other options if you leave your echochamber.
No it isn't. Firefox updates directly from Mozilla's servers, you fucking retard. Learn to read.
Robert Johnson
I agree OP. Ganoo/Loonix shit ever i seen. Please install macOS or win7.
Aaron Ramirez
Good for them. But this is rather an exception than a norm.
Matthew Bell
>rather an exception than a norm. >literally everything outside of Ubuntu works this way >you can put the same effort you do on windows to install the "normal" firefox on your Linux, avoiding the issue completely So it's a non-issue and you're just being an idiot. Don't talk about things you don't understand.
Nolan Mitchell
Only true for firefox, and even then only if you download it from their website. And not if you install it normally through your package manager or use the version that ships with your install, which 99% of people do.
Jackson Cox
>install kubuntu >open discovery >system crashes the state
Andrew Jenkins
fast question: 8.1 or 10?
Lucas Brooks
>too stupid to compile the latest versions of software GET THE FUCK OUT NORMALFAG
Hudson Allen
You fool.
Andrew Mitchell
7
Luis Torres
software needing frequent updates is not the norm
Isaiah Thompson
10
Matthew Flores
>linux = ubuntu >tfw can't install internet on linux >tfw had to quit college because linux god i hate linux
Jonathan Brown
ITT : OP doesn't know how to install a tar.gz programm