XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: crude@sausa.ge   
      
   On 2026-01-01 19:16, Alan wrote:   
   > 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...   
      
   Except that your store almost exclusively pushes paid software or   
   garbage with ads in it. No such thing exists in Linux.   
      
   >>   
   >>>> 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!   
      
   And I was speaking for the group. I doubt that anyone considers you to   
   be worth their time, even if most of the people in this group are   
   retired now.   
      
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