While I understand where you're coming from, package management and install shouldn't really be a fun thing. One of the core benefits of linux is having every package at the distance of a command, on the same place, without needing external sites and downloads. I can understand that for some new users this is alien, but it is a necessary, and useful in the end, adaptation that they have to make. And finally, since this would be dedicated to new users, since olders one would just take the simple path of creating the shell script, NEVER TEACH A NEW USER TO JUST curl <i></i>* | BASH. That's a criminal sin right there
Hi all, I created this site!<p>The motivation was basically a version of ninite[1] for Linux. So very desktop-focused. I actually got in touch with the ninite folks, who used to run a Linux installer [2]. They said there wasn't enough interest and package managers are "good enough." I respectfully disagree on that point - I think that having the ability to point-and-click for the core, most important packages you want to install is really useful when you're spinning up a new desktop from scratch.<p>I was running into this problem after basically doing ad-hoc setup for every new machine I turned on. Sure - I could write a shell script / list of packages and save it to my dotfiles repo, but where would the fun be in that? :)<p>(Plus, package lists on every machine are different)<p>[1] <a href="https://ninite.com/" rel="nofollow">https://ninite.com/</a>
[2] <a href="https://ninite.com/linux" rel="nofollow">https://ninite.com/linux</a>