If I want to install something, I can either do “dnf install [program name]” or “flatpak install [program name]”. Same goes for when I want to remove a program. And for flatpak at least, I typed ONE WORD from a game I was uninstalling because I didn’t remember to exact tag and flatpak asked me “do you want to install [full tag of game]? y/n” like HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE THAT IS SO CONVENIENT
Even windows can do this now with winget. It’s not quite as mature as I’d like it, but it’s got nearly everything I want.
Winget and WSL. Great things Microsoft has done tbh. Not a windows fan but gotta praise the good imo
How else are people going to improve, right?
How does it compare with chocolatey?
Ive been using that for years and this is my first time learning of winget.
Some stuff is better, but I overall prefer chocolatey because it is closer to classic package manager experience. Winget will still open the installer windows of some applications. But you can use both, no need to decide for one, they install into the same directories and will manage the other’s applications just fine (as they’re all standard Windows installers).
That’s why winget has
--silent. I wish silent was the default instead of interactive however.It’s a lot better IMO, more stable and reliable.