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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (5 children)

It's clear you haven't used linux.

Windows: open edge, go to google, type the package you want, scroll past ads, download random executable from internet, execute, click through wizard, open program.

Linux: open package manager, search package you want, click install, open program.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

You seem rather fixated on Edge, unlike anyone who's ever used Windows.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

And once you've done it once, you can install it again on another machine by just using

Linux: $PACKAGE_MANAGER install $PACKAGE, open program.

Windows: open edge, go to google, type the package you want, scroll past ads, download random executable from internet, execute, click through wizard, open program.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 4 months ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Windows has winget now. It's great.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 months ago

Why go for the bootleg Linux when you can get the actual one?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I have, quite a bit: Ubuntu, Red Hat, Mint, Debian. Not everything is in your precious package manager

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You'll never convince the zealots who believe sun shines out of Torvalds' asshole.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Their lack of self-awareness makes me laugh, that's all it is