Microsoft wants Windows Update to handle all apps
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Should have done that two decades ago.
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And I want Windows and all its bullshit to heck off!
Fortunately I'm winning that one so far.
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On the one hand, it's about time - APT was released in 1998, and it wasn't even the first package manager.
On the other hand, I'm sure Microsoft will find a way to make it shit.
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If you could only be arsed to implement the Windows/Microsoft Store well enough to support this use case 13 years ago many of us wouldn't be Linux comrades today.
I still would be, but I'd have fewer things to tease Windows users about.
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Didn't they just announce they're getting rid of drivers being part of Windows update? They couldn't handle drivers, but want to handle ALL apps? Surely that'll go well.
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As in, a sort of App Store monopoly…?
Linux has been doing this for decades via APT and other software managers. Not locked down, either.
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No no no, you see, you have One Note and One Note for Windows 10, so you can, you know, use it in Windows 10... I mean yes you can install One Note but One Note for Windows 10 is better integrated with Outlook but the one thats already installed.
Is that Outlook or Outlook (New)?
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As any current or former Windows admin will know - they can barely handle Windows OS updates without breaking something major every other month.
I mean on the one hand it would be good to do away with all the duplicated efforts of in-app automatic updaters and app 'agents' that tie up background resources. But colour me jaded, i think this will just be a walled garden that app developers have to pay to opt into, and will mean users lose control over which apps they trust to update without thinking, and which they selectively update after a 'hmm i better just check they didnt cause any major bugs' search. A new revenue stream for MS is the primary goal.
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Didn't they just announce they're getting rid of drivers being part of Windows update? They couldn't handle drivers, but want to handle ALL apps? Surely that'll go well.
Are they seriously killing driver updates from windows update?
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Microsoft trying is darndest to comfort me in my decision to move to linux ʘ‿ʘ
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On the one hand, it's about time - APT was released in 1998, and it wasn't even the first package manager.
On the other hand, I'm sure Microsoft will find a way to make it shit.
You’re talking just package managers? Winget has existed for about 5 years. Not to mention the many third party package managers like chocolatey and appget.
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Does this include winget? You can install things directly from any repo with it like an actual package manager.
Maybe it'll be that on the back end?
Who am I kidding, it'll be a brand new system with its own rules and problems.
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Microsoft trying is darndest to comfort me in my decision to move to linux ʘ‿ʘ
So you don't like having your app updates in one tool like apt?
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If they do this, i will stop using windows.
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So you don't like having your app updates in one tool like apt?
Some people aren't going to like anything Microsoft does, even if it mimicks one of the biggest selling points of the systems they left windows for.
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You’re talking just package managers? Winget has existed for about 5 years. Not to mention the many third party package managers like chocolatey and appget.
But winget is still somewhat hacky, this would make use of the actual system updates system and be opt in for better integration
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If they do this, i will stop using windows.
Would you though? Many people say the same thing but here we are. Windows is still dominant in spite of all its failings.
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If they do this, i will stop using windows.
Leaving it for what exactly? Linux? If so, I have some bad news about linux package managers.
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Microsoft trying is darndest to comfort me in my decision to move to linux ʘ‿ʘ
So you left windows for an OS that already handles updates this way, and now you're mad that windows is doing it?
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Leaving it for what exactly? Linux? If so, I have some bad news about linux package managers.
Linux is not Windows.
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