TheTwelveYearOld@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoPersonally I'm grateful to not need 3rd party packageslemmy.worldimagemessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up1500arrow-down18
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minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·1 day agoTechnical users that are comfortable at a command line often use WinGet these days. It works in Windows Sandbox too; you just need to manually install it.
minus-squareAdamBomb@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 day agoMy ranking of package managers on Windows: Chocolatey: the oldest and has the most packages. Packages are AV scanned. Enterprisey. Scoop: Somewhat fewer packages, but easier to package for. More technical focus. FOSSy. Winget: fewest packages, and Microsoft literally stole it from its creator. I’m not aware of any reason to use winget over choco or scoop.
minus-squareOverspark@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up18·1 day agoWinGet is nothing more than a list of random packages on Github.
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 day agoDon’t forget they stole it from the app get and refused to hire its dev.
minus-squareAdamBomb@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoFacts. It’s also the worst package manager on Windows anyway.
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoAren’t they at least hashed, so WinGet can verify that the package hasn’t been tampered with?
minus-squarekadu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoSure. Doesn’t change anything about my comment though, Winget is relatively new and unknown for most users.
Technical users that are comfortable at a command line often use WinGet these days. It works in Windows Sandbox too; you just need to manually install it.
My ranking of package managers on Windows:
WinGet is nothing more than a list of random packages on Github.
Don’t forget they stole it from the app get and refused to hire its dev.
Facts. It’s also the worst package manager on Windows anyway.
Aren’t they at least hashed, so WinGet can verify that the package hasn’t been tampered with?
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Sure. Doesn’t change anything about my comment though, Winget is relatively new and unknown for most users.