Sujet : Re: The problem with not owning the software
De : ithinkiam (at) *nospam* gmail.com (Chris)
Groupes : alt.comp.os.windows-11 comp.os.linux.advocacyDate : 08. Jan 2025, 14:28:46
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro <
ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
On Tue, 7 Jan 2025 14:12:43 -0000 (UTC), Chris wrote:
Installing OSS is not a "complete nightmare" without a package manager
*because* most software is already packaged for easy installation.
Including its dependencies? So if multiple packages share the same
dependency, you end up with multiple copies of that dependency?
Depends on the dependency, but often yes. Just like on Windows and,
sometimes, Linux with pre-packaged/compiled software.