This sounds like Windows
this post was submitted on 03 May 2024
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Winget is their standard packaging solution
The rest is accurate but it’s user error
Have yiubused Winget? It's a very flawed piece of software.
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Noob question: Could someone make e.g. an executable linkin park - numb.mp3 file on Linux by giving it execute permissions? Probably not by downloading, but by replacing the file with a duped one.
Also the .mp3.exe trick and the likes could be easily detected by any security software easily, like Windows Defender.
Yes, any file that is marked as executable can be "run". 9 times out of 10 the user has to do this explicitly.
Winget, get a popup when things request elevated rights,
winget is great, i wish it was oob tho.
It's ok, they just started the "security first" initiative, we're all saved.
Of all the reasons to be like "Windows bad, Linux good!" This one doesn't really hit.
Of all the actual differences, this is the one people think makes Linux superior? This is just a circle jerk lol.
You don't love heading to the terminal to add the executable flag and run it?
I right click in nautilus to open the properties window and check the checkbox :)
Honestly: Yes. It's an example that perfectly encapsulates how windows "as a concept" actively babies and dumbs down its users. I the 00's, nobody had a problem with file extensions, but now that we're working with users that have grown up with computers we suddenly need to remove them because they're "too confusing"?