• LazerDickMcCheese@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    613·
    1 year ago

    Install windows software: download the exe or msi and click OK 2 or 3 times

    Install Linux software: you got at least 40hrs to learn terminal commands to install dependencies n shit? I fucking don’t, that’s not what user-friendly looks like to 90% of the planet

    • curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      82·
      1 year ago

      Pretty much everything is available in a package manager, flatpaks, etc.

      If you’re at the point of building from source, I don’t think you’re in regular user territory to start with.

    • JackRiddle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      138·
      1 year ago

      It’s clear you haven’t used linux.

      Windows: open edge, go to google, type the package you want, scroll past ads, download random executable from internet, execute, click through wizard, open program.

      Linux: open package manager, search package you want, click install, open program.

      • DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.caEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        You seem rather fixated on Edge, unlike anyone who’s ever used Windows.

      • catloaf@lemm.eeBanned from communityEnglish
        21·
        1 year ago

        Windows has winget now. It’s great.

      • LazerDickMcCheese@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        66·
        1 year ago

        I have, quite a bit: Ubuntu, Red Hat, Mint, Debian. Not everything is in your precious package manager

      • Fonzie!@ttrpg.networkEnglish
        23·
        1 year ago

        And once you’ve done it once, you can install it again on another machine by just using

        Linux: $PACKAGE_MANAGER install $PACKAGE, open program.

        Windows: open edge, go to google, type the package you want, scroll past ads, download random executable from internet, execute, click through wizard, open program.

    • ulterno@lemmy.kde.socialBannedEnglish
      01·
      1 year ago

      commands to install dependencies n shit

      That only happens if you are fixated on installing the software without connecting to the internet.
      Otherwise, the package manager does it for you (that’s what its job is)