Very informative. I learned something. I'm glad Windows decided to adopt a package manager, now, you don't necessarily need a web browser to download an app. Thank you.
Good video. But a suggestion... If someone is comfortable enough with using a computer to be interested in package managers, they most likely don't need instruction on how to cut and paste from Notepad (and other such trivial steps).
More info is better than a shallow overview. This shows the full process of installing apps with package managers you can always skip. It also shows off the power of these tools by being able to copy and paste commands because that is all these suits do. You're not going to be building from source on Microsoft
@ByteMyPi I must say, that is an interesting way of installing software via command prompt. One concern I have is that some software comes with bloatware or even malware. Is the community building these install packages? I am trying to get a better understanding of how the software is installed and not adding bloatware or getting malware if I select the "all" option install. Thank you for creating these interesting videos. looking forward to your reply.
You're welcome. It's my understanding that the packages are created by the community, but that they are checked and validated, so security shouldn't be a concern - certainly much safer than downloading a binary file from some random website. The 'all' option during installation is simply to save you having to agree to the prompts individually. Bloatware shouldn't be an issue - this is usually something certain (questionable) websites add to generate extra revenue. Hope that helps :)
Wow, I wish I knew about this before I, uh, started the effort to move away from Windows and towards Linux. 😅 Is it worth uninstalling the apps I installed manually* to reinstall them with one of these package managers? *assuming I'm okay with starting over and my docs are backed up
Its always worth the effort to move towards Linux :) Installing your favourite apps using a package manager (whether on Windows or Linux) will make it much easier to manage things and keep the software up to date. Hope that helps.
One thing to note too is that Windows Store has finally began to get more activity and there's quite many of good open source software that'll update automatically installable from there too. There's still some lazyness though from many developers. Just installed Kodi and it's lagging one version behind the normal. But the convenience of updates is quite nice.
@@bytemypi2918 Yeah, they'll likely follow Googles heritage in that. It's such a shame that MS hasn't been able to make it viable place. It's quite disappointing. Well at least it's better than MacOS where you can't find any opensource software in it at all. They're clearly doing something wrong for devs.
Very informative. I learned something. I'm glad Windows decided to adopt a package manager, now, you don't necessarily need a web browser to download an app. Thank you.
Good video. But a suggestion...
If someone is comfortable enough with using a computer to be interested in package managers, they most likely don't need instruction on how to cut and paste from Notepad (and other such trivial steps).
More info is better than a shallow overview. This shows the full process of installing apps with package managers you can always skip. It also shows off the power of these tools by being able to copy and paste commands because that is all these suits do. You're not going to be building from source on Microsoft
@ByteMyPi I must say, that is an interesting way of installing software via command prompt. One concern I have is that some software comes with bloatware or even malware. Is the community building these install packages? I am trying to get a better understanding of how the software is installed and not adding bloatware or getting malware if I select the "all" option install. Thank you for creating these interesting videos. looking forward to your reply.
You're welcome. It's my understanding that the packages are created by the community, but that they are checked and validated, so security shouldn't be a concern - certainly much safer than downloading a binary file from some random website.
The 'all' option during installation is simply to save you having to agree to the prompts individually. Bloatware shouldn't be an issue - this is usually something certain (questionable) websites add to generate extra revenue. Hope that helps :)
Awesome tutorial..thanks
Glad you enjoyed it :)
@@bytemypi2918 do u have more tutorials
@@craigwelch3721 Just what's listed on the Byte My Pi channel. I think its currently up to about 33 videos.
Is there a flag to prevent chocolatey from creating a desktop shortcut?
Wow, I wish I knew about this before I, uh, started the effort to move away from Windows and towards Linux. 😅
Is it worth uninstalling the apps I installed manually* to reinstall them with one of these package managers?
*assuming I'm okay with starting over and my docs are backed up
Its always worth the effort to move towards Linux :) Installing your favourite apps using a package manager (whether on Windows or Linux) will make it much easier to manage things and keep the software up to date. Hope that helps.
One thing to note too is that Windows Store has finally began to get more activity and there's quite many of good open source software that'll update automatically installable from there too. There's still some lazyness though from many developers. Just installed Kodi and it's lagging one version behind the normal. But the convenience of updates is quite nice.
@@jothain Good to hear Microsoft's Store is finally getting better. If it actually becomes useful they'll be closing it!
@@bytemypi2918 Yeah, they'll likely follow Googles heritage in that. It's such a shame that MS hasn't been able to make it viable place. It's quite disappointing. Well at least it's better than MacOS where you can't find any opensource software in it at all. They're clearly doing something wrong for devs.
@@jothain That's because open source software goes against Apple's ethos (they can't charge insane prices for it).