XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2026-01-01 15:24, CrudeSausage wrote:   
   > On 2026-01-01 16:41, Alan wrote:   
   >> 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?   
   >   
   > Chris is probably referring to using a package manager, finding the   
   > package you want, putting a checkmark and pressing Apply at the end.   
   > With a software store like the Cosmic Store I mentioned, you simply   
   > press Install rather than put a checkmark, but it's just as simple. In   
   > every way, it is simpler than what you zealots have with MacOS.   
      
   Sounds exactly like the macOS App Store...   
      
   >   
   >>> 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.   
   >   
   > This is where Snit Michael Glasser Prescott Parasite and Computer Guy   
   > would have been useful. He enjoyed making videos for us all in a vain   
   > attempt to prove his points. The rest of us don't care whether you goal-   
   > post-changing zealots believe us or not.   
   Was I asking YOU to post a video?   
      
   Oh, no! It was someone else entirely!   
      
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