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Package management is to me one of the biggest benefit of Linux. Whenever I have to deal with Windows/macOS machines I find myself in the middle ages having to

Package management is to me one of the biggest benefit of Linux. Whenever I have to deal with Windows/macOS machines I find myself in the middle ages having to install the software manually downloading it from the internet and having to keep it updated. Even now that Microsoft had finally integrated some sort of package management in Windows and a store, there are not even the Microsoft products such as Office or Visual Studio on it! While on Linux I type in my terminal: paru -S <software name> and install it. If the software for some reason is not packaged (very rare, since with the AUR repositories of ArchLinux there is everything) it's trivial to make a package and publish it so other people that have to use the same software can install it. On Windows each time I install the system from scratch I have to spend a day downloading and installing all the programs, on Linux I can install all the software that I need by simply launching a single one line command.

AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y ago
To each their own. I like having the ability to install applications to different disks, and to have two different versions of the same application installed at the same time, among other things package managers and repos restrict.
- Tau5 5y ago
  Good! You can do that on linux with AppImages, which are executables that store inside all the necessary data. You only double-click it and you open the app. You can copy, move, rename or whatever you want with the dile as it will work everywhere!
  - AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y ago
    Yes, I know what AppImages are. The problem with AppImage is that hardly anyone packages their software as an AppImage.
    - xfer 5y ago
      Have you considered doing this for yourself? If this is your only complaint and the solution exists surely you could benefit from it. I highly doubt it's the package managers holding you back.
      - AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y ago
        You mean compile all my applications from source myself and bundle them into AppImages? Yeah, I guess I could waste my life doing that. Or I could just keep using Windows where I don't have to do anything so silly.
        xfer 5y ago
        I didn't realize compilers waste human time, but okay keep complaining about it all the time.
        AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y ago
        > I didn't realize compilers waste human time Having to setup build environments and compile applications from source absolutely takes significantly more time than simply downloading and running a binary. Again: I didn't come in to this thread to complain about Linux, I came here to complain about Windows. I offhandedly mention not liking Linux and people practically begged me to complain further. If you don't like it, talk to them. Edit: I realize now that it is possible you mean make AppImages for my own programs, not other people's. In which case: A) I rarely release on Linux for other reasons but B) when I do, I release static portable executables.

AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y ago

To each their own. I like having the ability to install applications to different disks, and to have two different versions of the same application installed at the same time, among other things package managers and repos restrict.

Tau5 5y ago
Good! You can do that on linux with AppImages, which are executables that store inside all the necessary data. You only double-click it and you open the app. You can copy, move, rename or whatever you want with the dile as it will work everywhere!
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y ago
  Yes, I know what AppImages are. The problem with AppImage is that hardly anyone packages their software as an AppImage.
  - xfer 5y ago
    Have you considered doing this for yourself? If this is your only complaint and the solution exists surely you could benefit from it. I highly doubt it's the package managers holding you back.
    - AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y ago
      You mean compile all my applications from source myself and bundle them into AppImages? Yeah, I guess I could waste my life doing that. Or I could just keep using Windows where I don't have to do anything so silly.
      - xfer 5y ago
        I didn't realize compilers waste human time, but okay keep complaining about it all the time.
        AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y ago
        > I didn't realize compilers waste human time Having to setup build environments and compile applications from source absolutely takes significantly more time than simply downloading and running a binary. Again: I didn't come in to this thread to complain about Linux, I came here to complain about Windows. I offhandedly mention not liking Linux and people practically begged me to complain further. If you don't like it, talk to them. Edit: I realize now that it is possible you mean make AppImages for my own programs, not other people's. In which case: A) I rarely release on Linux for other reasons but B) when I do, I release static portable executables.