XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Wed, 29 Oct 2025 13:43:09 +0000, J. P. Gilliver wrote:   
      
   > On 2025/10/28 23:14:21, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>   
   >> You have the choice. You can download things and build from source.   
   >   
   > That seems to crop up more often than I'd expect. I don't think I've   
   > _ever_ had to "build from source" for Windows things ...   
      
   Windows doesn’t make it easy, or even reliable. Which is why the   
   (mis)conception is widespread that you need a PhD in CompSci, or something   
   like that, to do it on Linux.   
      
   >> Quite often you will find that somebody else has done the work, and   
   >> offers a third-party repository that hooks into the standard   
   >> package-management system so you can install from there as easily as   
   >> you can from the standard distro repos.   
   >   
   > So, basically, like Windows - just you have to stick with the chosen   
   > flavour, or spend a lot of time managing.   
      
   On Linux, you get that with OS-level tools as well. Remember, the entire   
   stack, from top to bottom, is open source.   
      
   Imagine getting different user-generated “spins” of Windows, preconfigured   
   to use less RAM, leave out annoying features, that kind of thing ... only   
   Microsoft would never allow it.   
      
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