Stop using APT

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Sooo, it's not really "Stop using APT". It's "Start using APT correctly with NALA".

I use Debian or Debian derivatives BECAUSE they use apt. I've ditched different distros in the past because they kept changing their installers / package managers to something they perceived as "better". Nala does look pretty cool, though. Although if ever get around to automating my updates with Ansible it might be a moot point.

Never had a problem using APT. Everything you said is correct and nala does seem to improve things as you pointed out. Beside APT there was always aptitude. Which is better then apt. I just stuck with apt. But I do like this nala and its progress. Nice job pointing this out and your feed back. It looks like it's a better choice between the two.

I actually find APT to be the second fastest package manager after pacman. I don't know why you find it slow. And given its history I think it's the most robust, I never had any issues with it (can't say the same about pacman).

As long as it silently runs in the background doing its thing WITHOUT either interrupting me directly with prompts or indirectly by using 50% CPU power or some nonsense I honestly don't care if a package installer/updater is pretty or lightning fast. I mean, who stares at their update process? Doesn't matter if we are talking Linux, Windows or Mac OS either. Apart from that, naked apt still gives more information that many graphical installers anyway.

apt and nala are both frontends for dpkg actually, nala doesnt use apt in the background it's a frontend for dpkg, similar thing but important distinction.

As a long time Debian user I think you're wrong on this one. Of course you can use any tools you want, what ever makes you happy! ;) But if you're trying to reach out to a broader base of people, down voting on a stable and robust system such as apt, just tells me you haven't been using Linux long enough, yet. I've been following you for a couple of years, and I know you used to be very pro Microsoft Windows guy, and although it's good you see the positive things with Linux these days, consider it still takes lots of time to really learn to get used to a completely new system, such as Linux. I've been using Debian since the 90's, and everything is far from perfect with Debian for sure, but if you're rushing to use more modern tools, you have to think about the future of these tools. Apt has been around for a long time, and I hope Debian continues to support that. Anyone who's unhappy with the choices Debian makes, just switch to another Linux distribution, and that should solve it for you.

Never knew there was a problem with APT. But this seems cool. I wonder if this would catch the attention of apt developers to maybe in the next version to take some of these ideas and incorporate them. Sometimes things need to be demonstrated so I can understand the problem that people are having. Well done to Nala team. Team Apt what is the response and action.

In debian stable updates tend to be so small it doesn't really matter how you make them. But I suppose this is useful if you expirement a lot with packages (or run testing/sid).

You're a life saver! Really this helps a lot when "trying" some packages and apps. So clear to see and undo the whole thing. Thank you. This videos are great Chris! GG

My most used command in linux: apt update -y && apt full-upgrade -y && apt autoremove -y && apt clean && flatpak upgrade && snap update

What a great little wrapper. As someone who mostly uses Red Hat professionally, the output of Nala looks so much like dnf. One of my complaints about Debian based systems was how convoluted the output from Apt is compared to yum/dnf and even Pacman on Arch. Thanks for putting the spotlight on this nifty little tool. I will definitely have to check it out.

Thank you for this suggestion! Separating actions by category for clarity, fetching the fastest mirrors, parallel downloads, history, and undoing changes. Not to mention it looks great, this will be a must-install for me moving forward.

If we keep evolving like this, we're going to create GUIs!

apt is much faster than fedora's dnf, has a better search and is less complicated than archs options. I really like it.

Nala is looking really good. Really brings good ol' APT up to speed with more modern package managers. You make the DNF comparison and how Nala is doing some things even better than DNF does. You'd probably be happy to hear that the Fedora team are working on a faster and even slicker version of DNF that they're planning to introduce a few versions from now.

When I started using Linux, dependencies were manual. You found a missing dependency and you either had to compile it or find an RPM for it. Some people who like apt did have another solution, manually retrieving dependencies. This tool looks fine, but I don't get the hating on apt. It's a fine tool that has a few shortcomings.

THANK YOU for this video--- I LOVE this.... I have eye issues-- had 5 surgeries already and THIS is much easier on my eyes.. not to mention works better... THANKS AGAIN.

OMG Chris!!! I’ve been using apt forever and never thought about another package manager. I love this. Thank you for the video!!