XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: dan@djph.net   
      
   On 2025-10-28, 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"?   
      
   Then do so.   
      
   The closest parallel I can think of is Steam.  They are pretty much   
   *the* platform if you want to purchase a game; but it's not like they   
   prevent you from installing some indie game off the dev's (not-steam)   
   website; or using some other store service.  It's just that if you do   
   that, getting game patches and such are on you, rather than being   
   automated by the Steam client.   
      
   Same deal with your distro's repositories for the most part; though when   
   you leave the "curated sources", you will sometimes run into   
   compatibility issues akin to about 2 decades ago in Windows-Land with   
   supported software version / windows version charts:   
      
     - Windows 9x/NT/2000 (up to version 2.5)   
     - Windows ME   
     - Windows XP (starting in version 3.0)   
      
      
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