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40 sats \ 4 replies \ @justin_shocknet 19 Feb \ on: Why it's hard to have bitcoin foss software in debian and other linux repos? tech
Someone has to do the release engineering for it to be in the apt repo, are you volunteering?
I think its also readily available as a snap or flatpack
There's 3rd party packages too, here's a one-liner that will give you a lightning node with a nostr-based accounts system:
sudo wget -qO- https://deploy.lightning.pub | sudo bash
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6 sats \ 0 replies \ @emmanuelrosa 19 Feb
^ This.
First, someone has to step up and package the software. Then, said someone has to keep the package up-to-date by keeping an eye on the upstream repositories, testing... All for apps which hardly anyone uses.
In addition, some Linux package repositories don't accept new packages quite as easily as others.
As for FOSS projects not being receptive of bit coin... bitcoin just isn't all that popular. Yes, it's well known, but not well used. I suspect the crypto shenanigans have tainted bitcoin,
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Butterfinger OP 19 Feb
The workarounds work fine, but for example having sparrow into tails is more complicated.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @justin_shocknet 19 Feb
So someone needs to volunteer their time to package it, or at least make a bash script for one-line deployment... should be pretty simple, I bet a bounty would go quick
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Butterfinger OP 19 Feb
On last episode of bitcoin review Craig and NVK were discussing of hwo to do it...if hiring some communist college student with red hair or something like that lol
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