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I've had to do some Windows development recently and as someone who switched to Linux 4-5 years ago, package management is what I miss the most (although I miss

I've had to do some Windows development recently and as someone who switched to Linux 4-5 years ago, package management is what I miss the most (although I miss a whole host of things). I can't believe how much time I lose browsing web sites, downloading packages, unzipping, and click installing them. I look forward to trying this out.

pmr_ 14y ago
Setting up the system once is only half the problem. Most power users have a whole host of links of tools that they will usually need and install on a new machine, but things get really ugly when your stuff gets out of date and the applications don't update themselves. IMO this is the much harder problem that is solved by package-managers. The Windows Way requires each application to replicate some auto-update process which is a great recipe for disaster.
- csense 14y ago
  > each application to replicate some auto-update process This is one of the reasons that Windows boot takes forever.