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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, Insightful) by aristarchus on Tuesday May 26 2020, @06:50PM (4 children)
Is there no safe space for Microsofties? Is there no where for them to go when triggered by nasty, vicious comments about systemd? Oh, the huge manatee!! It as if there has been a sudden disturbance in the force, with former nerds who once were thralls of Microsoft moving to Appledom, instead of toward the freedom of free software. Sad, really.
(Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 26 2020, @08:00PM (3 children)
AC you replied to here.
I first installed Yggdrasil Linux in 1993.
I've installed, deployed and administered more free software than you can imagine.
And yet, you're still an asshole. Which, I guess, means you like being compared to Joe McCarthy and, have no sense of decency.
How many communists^W "Microsofties" are there currently in the Defense Department^W^W^W on Soylent News?
Fuck off, jerk.
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Wednesday May 27 2020, @12:33AM (2 children)
Poor AC! I sense your suffering. It must truly suck to be you. Are you now, or have you ever been, a Microsoft Certified Software Engineer? Or, wait, was it Microsoft Certified Systems Enervator? Not, not quite: Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert.
Actually, just Microsoft, and "certifiable" in the same acronym is quite enough. I feel your pain, just typing these words. And, it is not only me. Looks to be official [theverge.com] now, what with all the admission of mistakes. And even some of the principals [winbuzzer.com] are copping to the error. If only SoylentNews ACs were as with the program! Alas, such is not to be, and we will have to listen to them whine and moan about "nasty" comments from old aristarchus. Sad, really.
(Score: 3, Touché) by turgid on Wednesday May 27 2020, @09:51PM (1 child)
I believe it was Minesweeper Certified Solitaire Expert. And we've had quite enough of experts.
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 28 2020, @08:56AM
Yeah! So-called "experts" are *always* incompetent losers.
That's why Jake down at my local bar is doing my root canal next week. I have to wait until Saturday, as he has his regular job (garbage man, and a damn good one too!) and the super of my building is performing spinal fusion surgery on me next week.
Medical school! Fah! Waste of money!
I had my nine year-old run a new 220 line into the house for my brand new 3d printer. After the funeral, I'm going to make a huge statue of him with it.
Experts! Who needs 'em?