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this post was submitted on 17 Jul 2023
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Im not sure the software center being half baked is even the real problem.
One of the nice things about Windows is that you dont need a central, curated, repository for software. You can google the thing you want and just download an msi/exe of the latest stable version and, 99.9% of the time, leading back to your first point, it will just work.
@Narwhalrus you can also use winget (built into Win 11) or chocolatey to install most any software package now, similar to apt.
Yeah, and they're great, but I dare you to show me a Windows user that has used these, who's not technically inclined or a developer.
Yep. I use both quite a bit. Chocolatey is great!
The point Im trying to make is package managers are better suited for developers and the lack of a great alternative for installing software on the distros I've used is not helping with the mass appeal of Linux.
I could be wrong here as I've never tried any of the "home computer" distros (mint, ubuntu).
Doesn't seem to have stopped people on Android and iPhone from figuring it out!
This. I don't get this complaint some people make. I've literally never heard anyone complaining about the existence of app stores on mobile devices.