Installation question from newer Linux user
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Good day.
I am a newer Linux user and would like to start using Strawberry as my music player. I have some questions about installation if that is ok.
I'm using the latest version of Linux Mint. When I search the Software Manager included with my OS, I see a couple of instances of Strawberry. A flatpak of version 1.2.9, and a system package of version 1.0.23.
Why the difference in versions?
I don't think I want to use flatpaks, but also don't want to use an old version such as what is available as the system package.
I see I can also install via the .deb (although I'm unsure if I should use the Debian file, or one of the Ubuntu files since Mint is based on Ubuntu). I did install one of the Ubuntu .deb files to test, and the program works. I checked sources.list.d and don't see any changes to the apt repo, so I was going to ask how to update this program now? But then I launched Software Manager again and noticed that it shows Strawberry installed with a system package of 1.2.9-noble. So has the Software Manager detected that I installed this manually, and is now tracking the software for updates? This part confuses me a lot how this has happened.
I'm sorry for the beginner questions, and hope that this makes sense.
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If you install using the .deb file, you have to manually install for every update.
Linux Mint 22.1 is compatible with Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble), so you can use the PPA package repository (https://launchpad.net/~jonaski/+archive/ubuntu/strawberry) to get updates.Debian and Ubuntu based distros are usually late in updating to newer libraries and programs. If you are like me, and do not like this, it's better to switch to a different distro, I'd recommend Fedora for versioned yearly released version, they update programs like Strawberry continuously even before a new version of the distro, or openSUSE for rolling release distro for continuous updates of everything.
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Thank you for the information. As a new Linux user I think I want to stay away from rolling release for now. I believe that using a distro like Mint will give me stability while I learn. Maybe I'm incorrect. I do plan on checking out Fedora later on though!
A follow up if you don't mind. Prior to your reply I installed the debian package for Ubuntu from the Strawberry website. I noticed that it added a PPA on its own, but it is different from the one you posted. Should I remove the existing source, and add the one that you posted? Screenshot below.
