XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: none@not.here   
      
   J. P. Gilliver wrote:   
   > On 2025/10/28 1:20:41, Felix wrote:   
   >> Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>> 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.   
   >> Linux makes upgrades/updates so much easier. no need to stuff around   
   >> with third party apps. another reason I love it.   
   >>   
   > That sounds very like the walled garden - what if I should _want_ to   
   > "stuff around" with a third part "app"?   
   >   
   >   
      
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