XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: none@not.here   
      
   Dan Purgert wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   I've installed Steam via the Software Manager and it's running all games   
   perfectly no issues   
      
   >   
   > 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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