downhill Correction to my previous post. I search for Opera using the command line:

eopkg info opera

      downhill
      ALL my package research info (changelogs, version, existence of package) comes from software center. MUCH wider net than what you are demonstrating here with terminal command.

      ALL installs/uninstalls=terminal only. I don't use the GUI SC for these two commands, never had much luck.

      Splitting it up like that, conceptually, has been one of the by-accident smartest things I've ever done while on Solus.

        downhill With eopkg info you don't search for a package but ask to list the info for specific package.
        The correct CLI command to search a package would be eopkg search opera.

            kyrios Thank you for correcting my ignorance. However, I still dislike the tech and so does Chris Titus.

              Okay, Josh tagging my post with his thoughts fired me up, so I decided to retrack where I got my info from. As Kyrios stated, snapd is GPL and so open source, but the snap packager installs from a proprietary source. And before anyone replies stating that you can create your own Snap source, watch the Chris Titus video in my second previous post.

              I don't like snap, I pretty much prefer appimages or flathub, snap gave me problems before, and I don't trust it, first thing I do when I install Solus anywhere is uninstall snapd.
              It is great for UX to come preinstalled, but I hate to have it in my computers, maybe it is just a question of taste.

                YuriTheHenrique I prefer static portable builds when I can't get the program via my Linux repos, or if I want a more up-to-date version; e.g. under Debian Stable.

                  12 days later

                  Anyone know where "Spotify" comes from? It is indicated as third party in the software center. I assume Solus does not use Snapd but wondered where most of the 3rd party apps came from. The longer I stay with Solus the happier I am. Distro Hopper :tm: no longer.

                    jppelt
                    Apps in the third party section are for software that can not be distributed by Solus due to licensing restrictions. The software is downloaded directly from the upstream source.

                    So in the case of spotify it downloads the .deb package distributed by spotify themselves and repackages it on your system into a .eopkg for usage on Solus.

                    Solus supports snap, flatpak and appimage packages too if you prefer to use them.

                        Harvey Thanks! I am good with AppImage and flatpack but try to avoid Snapd. I think I'll put in a request to take the DasKeyboard Q .deb software package and repackage into a .eopkg

                            jppelt
                            The third party section is no longer accepting new additions (It will go away eventually).

                                Harvey Fair enough. I'll use AppImage or Flatpack is absolutely necessary. I just do not like the way Ubuntu manages Snapd. Love to see this distro keep evolving.