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[+] -6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I still don’t get the love for package managers.

As a windows and Mac user who has tried to use Linux multiple times I can’t stand the centralized managers. They never have what I need and then it ends up out of date and not working.

Is there some hidden benefit I’m missing? Because sourcing from the developer seems like the much better way to do it like Mac and Windows.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Easy: Nothing beats the simplicity of brew install whatever or apt install whatever, and then having whatever just work, in my experience, pretty much every single time.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Click download on the webpage Drag downloaded app to wherever you want to store it Open app

    It's just a matter of what you're used to.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    I’ve not had that experience. I’ve had to go hunting down package names on google before I can install it using the package manager, when instead I could have just downloaded it from their website.

    Apt, brew and whatever Arch has have all had the same problems for me. They almost never work out of the box and they’re a major reason I don’t like using Linux on desktop.

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  • [–] [S] -2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    1.Security 2.Up to date depends on distro, rolling releases have more up to date software 3. Convenience: just open the app center and click install

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Security: if they leave checksums on their website I don’t see how it’s any more secure

    Up to date: I definitely haven’t had this experience. Multiple times on arch I had issues where an outdated repo caused an app to not be able to boot

    Convenience: That’s subjective. I’ve never really seen much convenience from an all in one solution for anything. I find it more of a hassle to find the distro specific manager that has a terrible UI rather than just downloading directly off a web page

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