XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: vallor@vallor.earth   
      
   At Fri, 2 Jan 2026 08:32:32 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom    
   wrote:   
      
   > Alan wrote this post by blinking in Morse code:   
   >   
   > > 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?   
   >   
   > In aptitude, you search for the name (e.g. "/obs", like you'd do   
   > in vi), then click "+".   
   >   
   > >> 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.   
   >   
   > Toughshitsky.   
   >   
   > > So post a video.   
   >   
   > No.   
      
   Ordinarily, I tend to concur with Alan's opinions -- but in this   
   case, he was ignorant of the existence of software management   
   applications on Linux (GUI or otherwise).   
      
   (And as a matter of maintaining system integrity, I don't   
   think I'd want to mount a volume I'd downloaded off the   
   Net, unless I was _real_ _sure_ it was from a trusted source.)   
      
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