β² 1173 βΌ It's (usually) already installed (lemmy.ml) submitted 2 years ago by archchan@lemmy.ml to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world 126 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[β] HW07@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (2 children) Choco > winget imo permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] HW07@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I find that winget tends to just grab M$ Store packages, essentially becoming just an alternative CLI frontend. Chocolatey, however, actually grabs the native program. And it isn't developed by Microsoft. Even Scoop is good enough, however programs might not work perfectly because it uses portable versions of the program. permalink fedilink source parent [β] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Scoop is way better than both of those as it bypasses installing apps completely permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] HW07@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago But some apps don't function properly if not installed. So I think that chocolatey is better. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] HW07@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I find that winget tends to just grab M$ Store packages, essentially becoming just an alternative CLI frontend. Chocolatey, however, actually grabs the native program. And it isn't developed by Microsoft. Even Scoop is good enough, however programs might not work perfectly because it uses portable versions of the program. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] HW07@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I find that winget tends to just grab M$ Store packages, essentially becoming just an alternative CLI frontend. Chocolatey, however, actually grabs the native program. And it isn't developed by Microsoft. Even Scoop is good enough, however programs might not work perfectly because it uses portable versions of the program. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Scoop is way better than both of those as it bypasses installing apps completely permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] HW07@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago But some apps don't function properly if not installed. So I think that chocolatey is better. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] HW07@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago But some apps don't function properly if not installed. So I think that chocolatey is better. permalink fedilink source parent
