discord is stupid

discord want's to update but the package is already updated, so it gives me a link to the newest package BUT IS FOR UBUNTU!?!?!

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toothbrush@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 75 pts · 2y (6 replies)

go to

~/.config/discord/settings.json

And change "SKIP_HOST_UPDATE" to true

Rikj000@discuss.tchncs.de · 11 pts · 2y

Thank you!

Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.de · 7 pts · 2y

Wow I wonder if there is a wiki where you can find that exact work-around🙃

TootSweet@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Wuzzatdo?

pulsey@feddit.de · 33 pts · 2y

Skips the host update

russjr08@bitforged.space · 32 pts · 2y

It disables the forced update requirement for the Discord client.

iseperiergos@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 2y

Thanks!

SpookyCoffee@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 2y (6 replies)

I think flatpak version doesn’t have this issue and updates normally via flatpak commands.

henfredemars@infosec.pub · 10 pts · 2y (5 replies)

I moved to flatpack Discord because it comes with automatic updates and no update annoyances. It is indeed lower maintenance, but note that because of privacy constraints Flatpack does not permit Discord to view running applications.

vox@sopuli.xyz · 7 pts · 2y (1 reply)

flatpak is kinda a everything or nothing thing, if you want to use it you should probably really commit to it for the best experience, otherwise some of it's upsides turn into downsides.
I'm not a huge fan of it, but i like it as an ecosystem

henfredemars@infosec.pub · 4 pts · 2y

Agree. The downloads are really chonk but you make it back if you have multiple apps that share the same runtimes.

It’s possible to use flatpack for just one or two apps, but you pay a disk space and download size tax.

airbussy@lemmy.one · 3 pts · 2y

Same for me on NixOs. Krisp noise cancelling doesn't work on the repo version

caseyweederman@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 2y

Seems like a plus to me

canis_majoris@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 2y
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hand@lemmy.studio · 16 pts · 2y

Yeah, that shit is super annoying, it's been happening for years. I'm surprised they haven't turned it into a self contained updater or something by now. It's part of the reason I don't use it anymore.

alsaaas@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 15 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I use Vencord anyway

UnRelatedBurner@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 2y

I one up this

Oha@lemmy.ohaa.xyz · 11 pts · 2y

try Vesktop

possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Don't use discord then. When you use Discord you are making a small sacrifice on your computing freedom.

It sucks but you can't change and distribute the source code.

iseperiergos@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 2y

That's what I an going to do

EddyBot@feddit.de · 7 pts · 2y
cows_are_underrated@feddit.de · 5 pts · 2y

For me doing "pacman -Syyuu" works.

hash0772@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 2y

You can get Vesktop from Flathub if you want. It's a third party client with extensions, themes, updates you can do whenever you want and better Linux support for screensharing.

amnesiac@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Why not use in the browser

caseyweederman@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 2y

don't want

roserose56@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 2y

I in fedora, I click the drop down and I pick tar. Once I download the tar, I copy the files and done.

myxi@feddit.nl · 1 pts · 2y
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siderealyear@lemmy.world · -4 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Download the gerneric linux version. Then un-compress it and copy the contents into your system discord directory. Maybe make a back-up copy first, just in case.

DmMacniel@feddit.de · 9 pts · 2y

And you have to do it everything a new minor update comes along... Great.

possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 2y

Run it in a VM or at least sandbox the program.

Zuberi@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -5 pts · 2y
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