Re:Microsoft Is Putting Ads on the Mail App in Windows 10
by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Friday November 16, 2018 @02:19PM
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> but of course you can get the latest package directly from the developers.
If you're willing to compile it from source, which I'm not since it isn't the 70s anymore.
>...
The rest of these are all the same thing: you can do these things as long as you compile from source. As I've already mentioned, I consider that a backwards and tedious way to deal with application installation. I mean ffs, getting build environments right is such a pain that many devs ship a docker container of a working environment. Not to mention it is only viable with OSS software.
If you're willing to compile it from source, which I'm not since it isn't the 70s anymore.
>...
The rest of these are all the same thing: you can do these things as long as you compile from source. As I've already mentioned, I consider that a backwards and tedious way to deal with application installation. I mean ffs, getting build environments right is such a pain that many devs ship a docker container of a working environment. Not to mention it is only viable with OSS software.