Jasoco wrote:The application count advantage is not that big a deal.
Well, since I've used the 3, I can tell you that where Ubuntu *absolutely* mopes the floor with the other two (windows/mac): updates. Ubuntu has a system that allows you to have *everything* (operative system, web browsers, office packages, and yes, even LÖVE) in a single place. Plus, everyone can use it (it's open and with the PPA system you don't have to even ask Canonical for permission). Windows has nothing like this - you have to update everything (except the OS) manually (and no, the Windows App store is nothing like this. The apps I use are not there). And the same happens with Apple - there's homebrew, but its scope is pitifully small if you compare it with apt.
That's the thing I miss the most now that I'm on a mac.
Jasoco wrote:The application count advantage is not that big a deal.
Well, since I've used the 3, I can tell you that where Ubuntu *absolutely* mopes the floor with the other two (windows/mac): updates. Ubuntu has a system that allows you to have *everything* (operative system, web browsers, office packages, and yes, even LÖVE) in a single place. Plus, everyone can use it (it's open and with the PPA system you don't have to even ask Canonical for permission). Windows has nothing like this - you have to update everything (except the OS) manually (and no, the Windows App store is nothing like this. The apps I use are not there). And the same happens with Apple - there's homebrew, but its scope is pitifully small if you compare it with apt.
That's the thing I miss the most now that I'm on a mac.
The Mac App Store plus the macupdate.com website (it has pretty much everything) is more than enough centralized program downloads for anyone. OSX programs don't do Linux-style dependencies, so the OS doesn't need a package manager like most Linux distros, and it's better off for it.
For updating, most OSX programs use either Sparkle or the Mac App Store, or both. It works very nicely. Sparkle is probably the best automatic update solution I have seen for any OS.
slime wrote:
The Mac App Store plus the macupdate.com website (it has pretty much everything) is more than enough centralized program downloads for anyone. OSX programs don't do Linux-style dependencies so the OS doesn't need a package manager like most Linux distros, and it's better off for it.
Thanks. 846 entries is better than nothing. But it's still infinitesimal when compared with Ubuntu, which has tenths of thousands. And it updates the operative system and drivers and what not in addition to the apps.
