• GeekyNerdyNerd@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    You just go to the website that makes the software and download

    That’s literally hunting for the software dude. You gotta open up a web browser, and if you don’t know the webpage already you gotta search for it, find the download page on that website, get passed the likely popups and other crap and then finally select the right version of the software to download.

    Package managers are 10000% better. Even Microsoft knows this, it’s why they created winget.

    Putting in winget search software name Copying the package name from the search result Putting in winget install pasted package name is significantly fewer steps. No Google search, no finding the download page, no popup crap, and no fake download button ads trying to get you to install malware. You just install the software in less time than it would take to even write your crappy comment.

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      1 year ago

      You gotta open up a web browser, and if you don’t know the webpage already you gotta search for it, find the download page on that website, get passed the likely popups and other crap and then finally select the right version of the software to download.

      Which is all 1000x easier and more intuitive than installing an appimage or tar.gz or whatever other 1000 Linux filetypes need to be installed using the CLI. It honestly boggles my mind that you can’t understand this.

      Package managers are 10000% better.

      Yes I agree but we were specifically discussing software that’s not found in package managers, which is a lot of it.

      Putting in winget search

      WTF is a winget?

      no popup crap, and no fake download button ads trying to get you to install malware

      If you are installing software from websites with pop-up ads and malware, that is a whole other problem not related to the OS.