Tux@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · edit-221 hours agoWindows VS Linux (part 2)lemmy.worldimagemessage-square180fedilinkarrow-up1672arrow-down175
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minus-squarelseif@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·10 hours ago> does use arch/nix “why cant i find my package in the repos?”
minus-squarefrayedpickles@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·8 hours agoAh yes, downloading builds from unvetted third parties and running their installers as root. Truly the Linux way.
minus-squarelseif@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 hours 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-up1·2 hours agoMost windows stuff can be installed as non-admin these days.
> does 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.
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.