@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.
@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.