Why Package Managers Suck
A person posted an online opinion about package managers. In that article the author wrote:
The typical non-technical user is accustomed to the Windows/Mac way of installing programs: They download the binary installer, execute it, click next, next, next, and voila: they can start using the program.
In reality, often what happens to those users is:
“They download the binary installer, execute, click next, next, next, and voila: they are infected with bloatware and malware.”
As part of a proposed solution the author wrote:
How would the binary installers be distributed?The web, mainly.
With that approach, free/libre software users then would experience the following:
“They download the binary installer, execute, click next, next, next, and voila: they are infected with bloatware and malware.”
Posted: Category: Usability Tagged: General
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