XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: pothead@snakebite.com   
      
   On 2026-01-02, Chris Ahlstrom  wrote:   
   > Alan wrote this post by blinking in Morse code:   
   >   
   >> On 2025-12-31 10:15, CrudeSausage wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>    
   >>>   
   >>> Nope, I didn't need to. I'll leave that to you Apple zealots.   
   >>>   
   >>>>    
   >>>>   
   >>>> Or do Linux users have some special ESP power to simply know the   
   >>>> command necessary?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> :-)   
   >>>   
   >>> See above.   
   >>   
   >> I see.   
   >>   
   >> So it's easy and fast to install apps in Linux...   
   >   
   > Yes.   
   >   
   >> ...once you've customized it with additional tools?   
   >   
   > No.   
   >   
   > All distros have a package manager. Each package manager has one   
   > or more easy front-ends. Each distro has a large list of packages.   
   >   
   > For some less popular packages, you might need to add another   
   > repository to the list of places to get packages.   
   >   
   > For Arch Linux, there is a user-repository for packages not in the   
   > default install.   
   >   
   > And in some cases (such as apps/libraries on GitHub), you might   
   > need to build from source code.   
   >   
      
   +1   
   Good description of how the Linux package install system works.   
      
      
   --   
   pothead   
      
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