Originally published at: Pop!_OS – FULL Beginners Guide (updated for 21.04) – LearnLinuxTV
Pop!_OS is an awesome Linux distribution, and a favorite among many Linux users. And with good reason - it’s easy to use, has great features, it’s stable, and awesome overall. In this video, I’ll teach all of you beginners out there how to get up to speed with Pop!_OS so you can start using it.
Oh no, I just installed Pop!_OS yesterday using the old guide, haha!
@jay Absolutely loved this video. It was very informative. I’ve ordered a Lenovo Thinkpad E14 Gen 3 which is yet to arrive and I’m planning to install Pop!_OS 21.04 on it. I did however have a few questions, would be grateful if you can share your insight.
- Can I limit the pop shop to show only deb packages. I don’t intend to use flatpacks.
- Can I add external Debian repositories via the pop shop settings or do I always have to do it via the command line (I’m a software engineer by profession and using the terminal is not a big deal but wanted to ask this nonetheless)?
- If I intend to install Debian packages only, is Synaptic package manager the better alternative here.
A quick look, I am also pretty new to pop!_os I switched from Ubuntu for the tile manager. It is great for larger monitors.
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Yes, in pop_shop->settings->flatpacks there is a place to remove the flatpack repo.
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Yes, in pop_shop->settings->extra_sorces there is a place to add and edit new repos.
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You can install synaptic from the cli with ‘sudo apt install synaptic.’ Which you use is personal preference. They both us apt under the hood.
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Awesome. Thanks, man. If I remove the Flathub repo, will that stop showing me all flatpack packages?
Sorry, I am not completely sure. I am a cli install guy myself. I almost always google how to install …, scan a few articles, and then follow the bash instructions.
I am a grumpy old man and that seems to result in the least surprises.
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