Windows 10 will come with a command-line package manager

Re:Windows 10 will come with a command-line package manager by treerock on Wednesday October 29, 2014 @09:31AM (#8527031)

Yesterday I had to update my rarely used Windows partition and install some software for work.

Virus/Firewall updates, Windows updates, Java updates, repeated forced reboots (four times in total) and playing hunt and peck with all these 'suspicious behaviour' popups, remembering to untick the 'install dodgy toolbar' checkboxes.

I'm starting to feel that a decent package manager is the main reason I continue to use Linux.

/rant

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Re:Windows 10 will come with a command-line package manager by wlesieutre on Wednesday October 29, 2014 @11:35AM (#8527729)

The forced reboots thing in Windows is nuts. I installed from Windows 8 media a while back, and to get from that to an up-to-date installation of Windows 8.1 requires a seemingly endless loop of "Check for updates. Install. Reboot. Check for more updates that didn't show up last time!"

It's like nobody has told MS about cumulative updates. You can install OS 10.9.0 and go straight through to 10.9.5 with a single update.

Maybe this comes from their "enterprisey" system of releasing everything as individual little patches so that IT can decide what to install and what to skip, but it's a nightmare for normal users.

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Re:Windows 10 will come with a command-line package manager by damurdock on Wednesday October 29, 2014 @12:55PM (#8528284)

Just a side note, there's a software called "Unchecky" that will automatically uncheck most "Free Toolbar!" installs.

But you're right, it's kind of staggering going from "sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade" to Windows'... whatever.

Heck, even most programs in OSX will autoupdate, not to mention Homebrew and Homebrew-cask.

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Re:Windows 10 will come with a command-line package manager by benjin on Wednesday October 29, 2014 @01:12PM (#8528415)

>virus/firewall updates

You're still using third-party software for that? There's part of your problem! Getting rid of those would also kill of the "suspicious behavior" popups.

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Re:Windows 10 will come with a command-line package manager by canvia on Wednesday October 29, 2014 @11:26AM (#8527671)

Not having to reboot after updates is my favorite part of Linux so far.

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Re:Windows 10 will come with a command-line package manager by jnbiche on Wednesday October 29, 2014 @11:38AM (#8527741)

Not having to reboot almost ever is also pretty nice.

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Re:Windows 10 will come with a command-line package manager by vhost- on Wednesday October 29, 2014 @02:37PM (#8528995)

How come I can't reply to "mod" below? https://i.imgur.com/k75wRiK.png

All Linux distros require a restart for kernel upgrades if you want to use that new kernel version. Or are you saying that Ubuntu actually forces the user to restart after a new kernel is installed?

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Re:Windows 10 will come with a command-line package manager by mod on Wednesday October 29, 2014 @02:06PM (#8528796)

Ubuntu forces a reboot on kernel upgrades fwiw.

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Re:Windows 10 will come with a command-line package manager by jnbiche on Thursday October 30, 2014 @04:30PM (#8535631)

I said almost. How often are you upgrading your kernel? Most of us don't upgrade very often.

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Re:Windows 10 will come with a command-line package manager by mod on Wednesday November 05, 2014 @10:41AM (#8562276)

Whenever the automatic update picks it up. So, basically all the time--every week or two, anyway.

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