XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2026-01-01 04:05, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:   
   > Alan wrote this post by blinking in Morse code:   
   >   
   >> 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.   
   >>   
   >> That took 4 seconds.   
   >>   
   >> Mounted the DMG.   
   >>   
   >> 1-2 seconds   
   >>   
   >> Copied the application to the Applications folder   
   >>   
   >> Another 2 or 3 seconds.   
   >>   
   >> You were saying?   
   >>   
   >> (If you doubt me, I'll make a screen video of it).   
   >   
   > Nah, relatively laborious compared to check-marking the app and   
   > hitting "go".   
      
   Where is this check-mark, exactly?   
      
   >   
   > But you seem to think my promoting a Debian process was naysaying   
   > your "seconds" claim.   
   You gave a specific example of OBS Studio.   
      
   And I DO doubt you.   
      
   So post a video.   
      
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