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The only thing I can think of is that they don't really install OS level stuff, think software libraries or runtimes etc. Other than that they're literally ide
by Igglyboo 12y ago
The only thing I can think of is that they don't really install OS level stuff, think software libraries or runtimes etc.
Other than that they're literally identical to something like synaptic.
- jsight 12y agoOn Android they sometimes do install OS level stuff (libraries, etc). I think he has a good point. The biggest difference I see is that package managers on most Linux distributions are designed to be extensible to support other sources. Application stores generally are not.