▲ 326 ▼ Not everything needs an app (lemmy.world) submitted 3 years ago by lumberjacked@lemmy.world to c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world 91 comments fedilink hide all child comments I have an app for programming my chicken coop. My 401k company just created an app for onboarding new participants. These should have been mobile friendly webpages.
[–] Falmarri@lemmy.world 14 points 3 years ago (3 children) Your problem here is you're running windows permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] LostXOR@kbin.social 15 points 3 years ago (1 child) I can tell you're a Linux user lol. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ttmrichter@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago You can tell he's not a FreeBSD user because he doesn't have to dive in and alter the source to make it compatible. permalink fedilink source parent [–] lunarul@lemmy.world 11 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yeah, who needs an installer when you can just ./configure, then ./make and ./make install, just stopping to fetch and build missing dependencies occasionally, upgrade some others, then retry. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Falmarri@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago Or just download a standalone binary. Or don't download anything because most things are in your package manager. permalink fedilink source parent [–] KonekoSalem@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) Windows doesn't require you to install most things though. Developers just choose to do so unnecessarily sometimes. Why hate windows for this of all things? Isn't it normal to "install" packages in Linux as well? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Falmarri@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Via your package manager. Not by downloading some random nonsense a random developer decides should write who knows what their system files permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LostXOR@kbin.social 15 points 3 years ago (1 child) I can tell you're a Linux user lol. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ttmrichter@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago You can tell he's not a FreeBSD user because he doesn't have to dive in and alter the source to make it compatible. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ttmrichter@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago You can tell he's not a FreeBSD user because he doesn't have to dive in and alter the source to make it compatible. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lunarul@lemmy.world 11 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yeah, who needs an installer when you can just ./configure, then ./make and ./make install, just stopping to fetch and build missing dependencies occasionally, upgrade some others, then retry. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Falmarri@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago Or just download a standalone binary. Or don't download anything because most things are in your package manager. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Falmarri@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago Or just download a standalone binary. Or don't download anything because most things are in your package manager. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KonekoSalem@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) Windows doesn't require you to install most things though. Developers just choose to do so unnecessarily sometimes. Why hate windows for this of all things? Isn't it normal to "install" packages in Linux as well? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Falmarri@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Via your package manager. Not by downloading some random nonsense a random developer decides should write who knows what their system files permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Falmarri@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Via your package manager. Not by downloading some random nonsense a random developer decides should write who knows what their system files permalink fedilink source parent