>Windows

>If you want to download a program, you download it

>If you want to update a program, you update it, individually.

>Most dependencies are baked in, but if you need a Visual C++ Redist or a dll or something, you download it



>Linux

>Everything's in a repository

>So downloading and updating programs is tied to the release cycle of the OS

>So if you use Debian you're forced to use 2 years out of date programs and if you use Arch you're forced to update everything and whatever fucking wacky release cycles there are in-between

>Or you have to use containerized programs that might not interface correctly with certain parts of the system

>"Dependency hell" is a thing that can happen

>Also the file picker doesn't have the same interface as the file manager even though Windows figured this out like 30 years ago



This is why there is no linux desktop year. Fix it.

Here comes the

>software deployment/management DOESN'T matter!

thread.

>>93007992 (OP)

Install Gentoo. It's literally what you're asking for. And if you can't spare to compile shit I suggest you upgra... Oh wait, I have Gentoo on Pentium 3 and it's not bad either.

I'm guessing you're young. Probably still live with parents like I did. Help them around the house while Gentoo is installing. They will be happy you helped them

>>93007992 (OP)

Hold on for a year while I update all the software on this fleet of 10,000 Windows machines

Thankfully Flatpaks, AppImages and Snaps exist or this would still be a problem. I know /g/ refuses to use them because autism but most other Linux users find them useful.

>>93007992 (OP)

faggot

>>93007992 (OP)

>Debian's too old, Arch is too new!

Use Fedora, it's right in the middle.

Also you're fucking insane if you think Linux's method of downloading programs through a quick terminal command is inferior to going to websites and grabbing .exes on Windows.

>>93007992 (OP)

> it's easier to lose hours downloading executables everywhere and probably bloated installers than to input a single command

Retard

and that's why linux dominates servers

irrelevant for desktops

>lose hours downloading executables

so this is the power of a linux user

>>93007992 (OP)

>implying you can't tell the package manager to selectively update things

flatpaks seem cancerous in mint linux, what am i doing wrong?

>>93007992 (OP)

>baked in

You mean there's random .dlls in random locations including the program's folder, and this dll hell can be exploited by attackers to pwn your pc.

>>93007992 (OP)

Am I supposed to take away that Windows is retarded and inefficient? If so, you succeeded

>things that never happen

I like the dlls there. It's thanks to those dlls that i can keep most of my software at the version it works, and only update some of it without also breaking everything with a similar dependency.

i only like appimages because they're handy when i can't be bothered to install something, or unable to otherwise

*emails all 10000 employees*

Please download each of the following 15 software updates one after another and install them in the order listed before rebooting (or else something will go wrong and you will have to file a ticket to have your system restored from backup)
