Could also use scoop, but people get a little nervous running random powershell scripts off the internet. I have no fear of it. Scoop is also excellent for people with a little more tech savvy.
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magikmw@lemm.ee 1 year agoWinget is pretty cool, but I’m not sure how it works exactly. The package sourcing, like anything Microsoft does is a bit sus and I’m worried it’s crowdsourced.
It’s great for passively checking for new versions of most software you got installed, won’t argue with that.
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rtxn@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It’s like a more curated AUR. Winget looks up the manifest (
PKGBUILDequivalent) from its repo and executes its instructions. It usually downloads an installer, then executes it silently. The binaries may or may not be validated by Winget, and are mostly blobs, so exercise as much caution as with the AUR.