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Yeah, I mean obviously what the average users wants it to have to type in apt get commands and finding the slug to get the right package instead of clicking a l
by partiallypro 8y ago
Yeah, I mean obviously what the average users wants it to have to type in apt get commands and finding the slug to get the right package instead of clicking a link. Very intuitive.
You know how Google & Firefox could easily help fix this? List their browsers in the Mac and Windows Store.
- gpm 8y agoPackage managers have had nice gui front ends for a long long time. The first earliest I'm aware of (which is to say it came with the first linux distro I ever used) is synaptic [0]. Looks like it was first released in 2001... The interface for this is "start nice gui front end, type firefox into search bar, select firefox package, click install" [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synaptic_%28software%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synaptic_%28software%29
- rhizome 8y agoThere are GUIs for most if not all Linux package managers.
- Dylan16807 8y agoBrowsers are banned from the Windows Store. For 'security' reasons. It's tricky to get win32 apps in general into it, too.
- jamieweb 8y agoIs that the same for the Mac App Store? Looks like browsers aren't in there either.
- partiallypro 8y agoNo they aren't, the UC Browser is listed in the Windows store (third most popular mobile browser in the world,) along with some others. Microsoft has been very willing to help companies list Win32 apps in the Windows store, especially large ones.
- Dylan16807 8y agoInteresting. But I think UC Browser is special by being sort of a thin client. The store policy is quite clear: "Apps that browse the web must use the appropriate HTML and JavaScript engines provided by the Windows Platform." For general win32 apps I do think the situation has improved since I last looked.