Tux@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · edit-21 month agoWindows VS Linux (part 2)lemmy.worldimagemessage-square233fedilinkarrow-up1831arrow-down1100
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minus-squarelseif@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·edit-21 month ago> doesn’t use arch/nix “why cant i find my package in the repos?”
minus-squarefrayedpickles@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·1 month agoAh yes, downloading builds from unvetted third parties and running their installers as root. Truly the Linux way.
minus-squarejim3692@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoPeople can also use the Nix package manager on any distro, and run their apps using nix-shell, so that they don’t need to install as root.
minus-squarelseif@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 month agoand this is different to windows how …? u do realize that u can (and should) read the PGKBUILD file? and check the git url which it’s cloning. or check the sha if its a binary package.
minus-squarefrayedpickles@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoMost windows stuff can be installed as non-admin these days.
> doesn’t use arch/nix
“why cant i find my package in the repos?”
Ah yes, downloading builds from unvetted third parties and running their installers as root. Truly the Linux way.
NixOS builds are all vetted
People can also use the Nix package manager on any distro, and run their apps using nix-shell, so that they don’t need to install as root.
and this is different to windows how …?
u do realize that u can (and should) read the
PGKBUILDfile? and check the git url which it’s cloning. or check the sha if its a binary package.Most windows stuff can be installed as non-admin these days.