XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: crude@sausa.ge   
      
   On 2025-12-31 11:04, Alan wrote:   
   > On 2025-12-31 05:33, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:   
   >> Alan wrote this post by blinking in Morse code:   
   >>   
   >>> On 2025-12-30 13:19, CrudeSausage wrote:   
   >>>>    
   >>>   
   >>> "installing an application takes mere seconds."   
   >>>   
   >>>>> Data is data, it doesn't magically come down the pipe faster to a   
   >>>>> Linux system.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> And yet they do.   
   >>   
   >> The reason is that a Linux application usually finds that all of   
   >> the dependencies it needs are *already* installed. Saves time.   
   >>   
   >>> Give an example.   
   >>>   
   >>> Show me a Linux app the equivalent of a macOS app that magically   
   >>> installs in "seconds".   
   >>   
   >> On a Debian system, updating/installing 300 packages takes a few   
   >> minutes.   
   >>   
   >> As for a specific package: OBS Studio   
   >>   
   >   
   > Really bad example.   
   >   
   > I just downloaded OBS Studio for an Apple Silicon Mac.   
      
   Which I assume requires you to use a web browser to venture onto a   
   specific web site. Then, depending on your connection speed, it can take   
   seconds or minutes. Still, you have to factor in the process of going to   
   a web site whereas in Linux, you either go to a terminal and type in a   
   simple command or open up the bundled "store" they might have.   
      
   > That took 4 seconds.   
      
   Not yet installed.   
      
   > Mounted the DMG.   
      
   Still not installed.   
      
   > 1-2 seconds   
   >   
   > Copied the application to the Applications folder   
   >   
   > Another 2 or 3 seconds.   
      
   Installed.   
      
   > You were saying?   
   >   
   > (If you doubt me, I'll make a screen video of it).   
      
   We all believe you, but it's still more cumbersome than on Linux.   
      
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   CrudeSausage   
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