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Check out chocolatey. It's the package manager that Windows lacks.
by Stibinator 4y ago
Check out chocolatey. It's the package manager that Windows lacks.
- hooby 4y agoWill do. Thanks for the tip! Can't imagine it is able to update your kernel though ;) But the package manger is just one single example. There's many such things... I'm just too lazy to work out a whole list. But I'll give you one more example: When I run into an error message on Linux, I often get some cryptic error message - and when I google that, most times I come across an explanation and solution to exactly my problem. The instructions often involve bash commands - not very beginner friendly - but when going through the explanations you actually learn something and understand your system better. When I run into an error message on Windows it's most often of the "An Error occurred" variety, which are an absolute nightmare to google (mostly leading to "fix-your-pc" software scams). And when I finally manage to figure out the right question to google (which requires you to be tech-savvy) - I get step-by-step instructions with screenshots that just don't match my version of Windows... and since the instructions don't contain an explanation, I learn nothing. And the good instructions that actually work... those often again require the use of power shell! But thanks for mentioning chocolatey!
- earthling8118 4y agoFirmer chocolatey user here. It did the job but was a far cry from a Linux package manager. I use winget now instead when I have to use Windows. Still prefer Linux.