Linked by Kevin Russo on Thu 31st Mar 2005 18:40 UTC
I read a lot of reviews comparing GNU/Linux and Microsoft Windows, and inevitably the topic of installing software comes up. Most reviews indicate that installing software in Windows is much easier than that of the desktop GNU/Linux world. I decided to do my own comparison based on my desktop usage to see the difference. The following are my results. Those of you that come from the Windows world may be a tad bit surprised at the ease in which software can be installed.
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I thought that Windows did not have a standard means of installing software? Don't all the applications have to bundle their own install/uninstall programs? Sure there are some common ones 'InstallShield?' and they all look similar by convention. I don't see the difference between that and the new Linux Autopackage tool. These have their uses but they're no comparison to the slickness of having a well built package management system (apt, yum, emerge, pacman, etc).
I'm suprised there's not a more widely available 'fink' system for Windows yet.
Michael