XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 27 Oct 2025 13:54:41 +0000, J. P. Gilliver wrote:   
      
   > On 2025/10/27 12:14:46, Alan K. wrote:   
   >>   
   > "With Linux, almost every application you are going to run is   
   > provided by your distribution. … Windows and macOS users are   
   > accustomed to browsing the web, looking for applications, clicking a   
   > download link, and running an installer. With Linux we skip all of   
   > that. We can open the software centre (or "app store") and find just   
   > about anything we need."   
   >   
   > Sounds very Mac- (or modern-Windows-)like to me.   
      
   Neither Apple nor Microsoft can offer such a high degree of integrated   
   package management. Apple has an app store for its mobile platforms,   
   not so much for actual Macintosh PCs. Microsoft tried to create an app   
   store for Windows, but so far, from what I hear, it’s a barren desert.   
      
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