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by int_19h 205 days ago
This page presupposes that the graphics tool to install .deb packages is not preinstalled, which isn't true for either Ubuntu nor Mint. If it is preinstalled the steps are really just "double click on it and then click install".

Same thing for RPM distros. So the only real catch is knowing which package to download.
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philipallstar 205 days ago
It's possible the image could autodetect the OS (or even autodetect the presence of a package manager) and present a single option to download or launch the package manager into the right screen, which would then put Linux at parity with MacOS or Windows, but currently it can't.

It's definitely harder than those things, and lots of regular people struggle even with them.

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