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@@ -43,14 +43,25 @@ Most of the things that users care about -- not losing configuration between ins
On Linux, system level configuration is stored in /etc/ and user level configuration is stored in dotfiles (hidden folders) in the home directory.
-- Package manager with signed binaries and easy backup/reinstall.
There are many Linux packaging systems, including Fedora's rpm-based yum package manager,
Debian's apt and dpkg,
Arch Linux's pacman,
and so on.
This is has tangible benefits such as avoiding DLL hell,
This is the real reason Linux users are protected from viruses:
they use packages that are signed by the maintainers,
not any old .exe they download from a website.
This is has other tangible benefits such as avoiding DLL hell,
avoiding duplication of libraries,
verifying that there are no backdoors in the coe,
verifying that there are no backdoors in the code,
and upgrading all software at once with a single command.
Want to back up which programs you have installed without backing up every single binary?
Just save the output of `dpkg -L` or its equivalent.
If your disk crashes and your backup fails,
at least you can get back your packages with a the list and a good internet connection.
It also makes distributing programs with library dependencies much easier.
For example, installing python and matplotlib is simple on Linux,
but a pain in the neck on windows.
@@ -58,7 +69,8 @@ People have been working on fixing this, but it's far from comprehensive.
http://chocolatey.org/
-- Fixing configuration problems with commands instead of GUIs.
GUIs are good for some applications. They are clumsy and error-prone for fixing configuration problems.
GUIs are good for some applications,
but they are clumsy and error-prone for fixing configuration problems.
Many Linux config problems can be fixed by a simple script that can be pasted into a terminal.
Windows generally requires navigating deeply nested GUIs and ticking various checkboxes.
This has the same security problems as blindly running commands in a terminal,