• callyral [he/they]@pawb.social
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      It’s called a graphical app store. Most distros meant for desktop usage that come with a desktop GUI have a software store. IIRC KDE’s Discover even has Flatpak support which leads to a higher variety of apps.

      Otherwise, you can install an AppImage, or just a .deb file if you’re running something Debian-based.

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          binaries (executables) go in /usr/bin, flatpaks are installed in their own sandboxes, appimages are wherever you put them.

          the shortcuts in application menus go in /usr/share/applications as .desktop files which link to the app, so the user generally won’t have to worry about where the executable is.

          why would the app store ask you where to install stuff??