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Windows VS Linux (part 2)(lemmy.world)

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dan@upvote.au
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WinGet: Am I a joke to you?

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Fashim@lemmy.world
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Yes

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brianary@startrek.website
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WinGet, choco, scoop, &c, they all have strengths and weaknesses, which is why I had to write this: https://github.com/brianary/scripts/blob/main/Update-Everything.ps1

It’s also why I use Linux at home.

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dan@upvote.au
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You need to update a bunch of separate things on Linux too, though. For example, apt or dnf, rpms and debs that aren’t in a repo (although Deb-get handles some of those), Flatpak, Snap, fwupd for firmware, plus language-specific things (npm, dotnet, cargo, Python, etc). At least the UIs handle a lot of it now.

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iopq@lemmy.world
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That’s why I use NixOS. 100,000 packages so you really found something niche if it didn’t have it

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frayedpickles@lemmy.cafe
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Winget-ui is great, except Microsoft hasn’t figured out to conceptually make two installs of the same product get treated the same – absolutely pathetic that if you install VLC from their website you can never ever ever use Winget VLC without uninstalling the other.

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InFerNo@lemmy.ml
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Android has that issue too. Can’t install the same app via fdroid and play store. Sounds logical though. Even Arch pacman won’t continue of it detects existing files it doesn’t know about.

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QuazarOmega@lemy.lol
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That does work for me in general, might be a problem with the specific app where the 2 builds are somehow incompatible

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frayedpickles@lemmy.cafe
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Happens on…maybe 30% of installs

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