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Re:Zed on Linux Is Here by bscphil on Thursday July 11, 2024 @12:12PM (#40938135)
Because you don't know how the script is going to try to install the program. A double-click installer on Windows has a standard approach that results in the program being placed in C\Program Files and the files being tracked and an uninstaller being placed in a centralized location. On Linux, any random "installer script" could spew files all over your /usr or anywhere else with no way to clean them up. This could even break your OS.

The Linux equivalent to double-click installer is ... a double-click installer, Flatpak. Or for even more bonus points, make the app fully portable as an AppImage. In the rare case I can't find what I'm looking for in my distribution repos, I look for an AppImage.

Re:Zed on Linux Is Here by christophilus on Thursday July 11, 2024 @01:13PM (#40938638)
> A double-click installer on Windows has a standard approach

Maybe today. In the past, I’ve had them spit stuff all over random places— not to mention registry cruft.