It says it's going to update but instead of auto updating and restarting, it just downloads the installer and you have to execute it, set install location, give it admin rights etc.
All that hassle when you could just run pacman -Sy qbittorrent...
(I swear linux is not a cult and we especially do not sacrifice Microsoft developers every day to our three dieties Linus Torvalds, Richard Stallman and Tux the Penguin.)
Windows has this to if you know about it and then take like 10 min to set it up. Winget will update apps for you in the background or you can use the version someone built to use a UI to set it up called UniGetUI. I use it and it updates everything for me with no interaction. Im not thrilled with windows, but im just pointing out that it exists.
It does, but it's really not a good package manager especially compared to pacman. I have had it routinely break the path of some executables it updated, I always need to restart it after it closes the terminal when it updates it, and it sometimes just launches the updater of the app and you still need to click through the dialog boxes.
It is more convenient than having nothing, I guess, but it always takes much longer than a pacman update. And it sometimes fails for no apparent reason.
That being said, the person you're replying to may end up having a nasty surprise if they keep doing pacman -Sy instead of pacman -Syu. That's at least one problem that you probably wouldn't have with Winget, admittedly.
The worse version of this is when accepting the box for “Update now?” just opens their homepage in a browser and you have to manually locate and download the installer.
I think it's because we are used to software updating itself, not having to run the executable manually. I know it's exactly the face I made when I first updated it lol
Technically correct but for most people this means "do you want to download and install the new version" not literally "do you want to just download the new version"
but it just says "a new version is available , do you want to download?" that is not the same as auto updating which would include the required verbiage.
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Jimbabwe@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 216d
I don’t get it. Is it the executable extension?
geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml · 67 pts · 216d
It says it's going to update but instead of auto updating and restarting, it just downloads the installer and you have to execute it, set install location, give it admin rights etc.
halvar@lemy.lol · 46 pts · 216d
All that hassle when you could just run pacman -Sy qbittorrent...
(I swear linux is not a cult and we especially do not sacrifice Microsoft developers every day to our three dieties Linus Torvalds, Richard Stallman and Tux the Penguin.)
HeyJoe@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 216d
Windows has this to if you know about it and then take like 10 min to set it up. Winget will update apps for you in the background or you can use the version someone built to use a UI to set it up called UniGetUI. I use it and it updates everything for me with no interaction. Im not thrilled with windows, but im just pointing out that it exists.
TriangleSpecialist@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 216d
It does, but it's really not a good package manager especially compared to pacman. I have had it routinely break the path of some executables it updated, I always need to restart it after it closes the terminal when it updates it, and it sometimes just launches the updater of the app and you still need to click through the dialog boxes.
It is more convenient than having nothing, I guess, but it always takes much longer than a pacman update. And it sometimes fails for no apparent reason.
That being said, the person you're replying to may end up having a nasty surprise if they keep doing pacman -Sy instead of pacman -Syu. That's at least one problem that you probably wouldn't have with Winget, admittedly.
marcos@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 216d
Change that into "executives" and it may become a good idea.
Also, extend that worldview! There's nothing wrong with taking them from Oracle and other similar companies too.
binarytobis@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 216d
The worse version of this is when accepting the box for “Update now?” just opens their homepage in a browser and you have to manually locate and download the installer.
This gets the program on my blacklist.
texture@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 216d
i get this explanation and mostly agree, even though it uses the word "download" right in the pop up.
U7826391786239@lemmy.zip · 16 pts · 216d
VeganBtw@piefed.social · 13 pts · 216d
I think it's because we are used to software updating itself, not having to run the executable manually. I know it's exactly the face I made when I first updated it lol
bebabalula@feddit.dk · 10 pts · 216d
It does not say that. It literally said that a new version is available and asks if you want to download it
geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 216d
Technically correct but for most people this means "do you want to download and install the new version" not literally "do you want to just download the new version"
crazycraw@crazypeople.online · 17 pts · 216d
but it just says "a new version is available , do you want to download?" that is not the same as auto updating which would include the required verbiage.
this is a nothingburger.
BlackVenom@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 216d
While it does say that... It should just auto update or actually update post prompt. It's 2026...
Sebbe@lemmy.sebbem.se · 3 pts · 216d
But why download over http instead of bittorrent?
crazycraw@crazypeople.online · 2 pts · 216d
that's a pretty good point.
zer0bitz@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 216d
Laughs in Linux
umbrella@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 216d
Toes@ani.social · 6 pts · 216d
If you switch to a package manager you can avoid issues like that.
https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/qbittorrent
stiffyGlitch@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 216d
nooooooo
my sleep paralysis demon
FishFace@piefed.social · 3 pts · 216d
What?