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   Frank Slootweg to ldo@nz.invalid   
   Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linu   
   28 Oct 25 13:23:17   
   
   XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: this@ddress.is.invalid   
      
   Lawrence D?Oliveiro  wrote:   
   [...]   
   > 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.   
      
     Perhaps your 'hearing' isn't all that good?   
      
     I'm not particularly fond of the Microsoft Store and use only a few   
   apps from it (my software mostly predates 'UWP' (outdated term) apps),   
   but the Microsoft Store is in no way "a barren desert".   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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