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Seems like the takeover of free software continues apace, in the land of Redmond, where the Blue Screens lie.
From ZDNet,
The Windows Package Manager service and the winget.exe command-line tool are now available in public preview for everyone to test. Winget comes with the preview version of Windows App Installer for sideloading apps on Windows 10.
While Windows 10 users can install apps from the Microsoft Store, the Windows Package Manager will help developers install tools that aren't necessarily available in the store, such as Win32 software products that haven't been converted to Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps in the store.
win-get? As the Operative said in "Serenity", "Bastards aren't even changing course!" Microsoft not even changing the name of the utility. At least with Stacker, they changed the name to DoubleSpace.
The tool can help users get their apps by typing 'winget install' followed by the program name into the command line or create a script that automatically installs all necessary tools.
The package manager is available to users in Microsoft's Windows Insider testing program after installing Microsoft's App Installer program.
Microsoft has aimed to create a repository of trusted applications, from which the package manager can install apps that have been vetted with its SmartScreen technology and cryptographically verified.
While the package manager does provide an alternative to the Microsoft Store, formerly the Windows Store, Microsoft says it changes nothing for the store.
What is this "store" they speak of?
The key difference between the Microsoft Store and Windows Package Manager is that the store is all about commerce while the package manager is not.
"The Windows Package Manager is a command-line interface, no marketing, no images, no commerce. Although we do plan on making those apps installable too," said Demitrius Nelon, a senior program manager at Microsoft.
Seems that they copied that from free software, specifically Debian, as well. "bash:~& sudo win-get remove --purge Windows --extreme-prejudice" Adm. Akbar says: "It's a trap!"
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Tuesday May 26 2020, @01:19PM
You have made assumptions that are not supported by any evidence. You seem to think that I only use computers that have systemd inside them. Not so, I use, currently, 14 computers carrying out such tasks as a software defined radio for aeronautical transmissions, security functions inside the home and at remote locations, and editing items for SN, to name only a few. You see, I have learned how several init systems work in different types of computer, and as long as they continue to function I am quite content.
For some people the computer is a tool and in that regard it is no different from a lawn mower, can opener or bucket. It helps them in some aspect of their life and there is absolutely no need to know what speed the lawn mower blades rotate at, what kind of machine made the can opener, or the type of plastic used to make the bucket, just so long as they do the job that they are designed to do.
Others, myself included, do want to know how their computer works, how to program it to do tasks that it doesn't currently do, or how to change the hardware to improve its performance.
I do not believe that either type of person is a slave to the items that they use in everyday life. Are you claiming that you refuse to put fuel in your car unless you know the chemical formulae for each of the additives that it contains? Do you insist on knowing the type and genus of the flour that goes into cake that you have ever eaten? Do you demand to know what type of paper is used to wrap every product you have ever bought? No, I thought not.
You are a slave to your limited way of thinking, of believing that you have a set of particular skills that make your views essential reading. Others might not agree with you.