XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: dan@djph.net   
      
   On 2025-10-29, Paul wrote:   
   > On Wed, 10/29/2025 11:00 AM, Dan Purgert wrote:   
   >> On 2025-10-29, J. P. Gilliver wrote:   
   >>> On 2025/10/28 23:14:21, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>>> On Tue, 28 Oct 2025 11:18:45 +0000, J. P. Gilliver wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> On 2025/10/28 1:20:41, Felix wrote:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> 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"?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> 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 (granted, I'm not   
   >>> usually offered the _opportunity_, except things on github).   
   >>   
   >> Kind of just a difference of paradigm really (and a dearth of compilers   
   >> on windows).   
   >>   
   >> It really has fallen to the wayside though -- most developers will   
   >> package for the major distros already, or provide a distro-agnostic   
   >> solution, such as AppImage.   
   >>   
   >   
   > We gots the compilers :-)   
      
   ... now.   
      
   But having things "now" doesn't really refute the causes of the   
   different approaches in the past.   
      
      
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