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[–] [email protected] 61 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes, yes you can.

Also, WSL and windows terminal go a very long way in making windows actually usable...

[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Usable" is a strong statement... It went from a "misery inducing insufferable machine" to a "extremely big annoyance". I do concede it is anyway a progress

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

You damn spoiled kids with your blue jeans and your rock and roll music and your auto complete!

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Just add Winget with an UI to have a proper package manager and we're in

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Package manager with a UI? I like my apt and dnf thank you very much.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can still use winget by itself from the command line! The UI is just there for convenience and automation

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The UI is just there for ... automation

Wut?

I've never gone to a UI when I want to automate something, a sane CLI is much more predictable and consistent.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Winget-UI specifically can run the upgrade tool automatically for you, that's what I meant for "automation". You could also add a scheduler to run Winget by itself every day if you need to.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I've just been using scoop for many years and I haven't felt the need to switch