I apologize if I’m having a linux user™ moment, but why are windows users so insistent on using the most inconvenient and insecure way of installing software?
Edit: I probably should’ve worded this less condescendingly, but it’s a genuine question. I just don’t get why some people are so attached to portable installers.
The Store does not work as good as the equivalent in Linux. Updating is often not as straightforward as it could be and sometimes not working at all. Applications with built in update routines handle it a lot better.
Plus a dash of scepticism towards trusting Microsoft with a storefront on top.
How is it inconvenient? Searching “foo” in the web browser and clicking the download link is faster than opening the terminal, and typing “apt install foo”. You also don’t need to know the package name, and don’t need to know if it’s in your repos in the first place. If it’s not then you just wasted time anyway and have to search the web anyway.
Let’s go with an example, let’s say I want to install Sublime Text. On Windows: I search “sublime text”, click first result, click download, click the installer, done. On Linux: I consider using the package manager. Hopefully I don’t even try because it wouldn’t work. I search “sublime text”, click first result, click download. I get a list of commands to add a GPG key, add a repo, then two more commands to update and install. I open a terminal and copy paste the 4 commands. Windows way seems more convenient and faster.
