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Finally, command line package management for Windows!

i like the ninite installer they refernce in the article, been using it free for a while. click click click kthxbye. stupid easy.
 
Yes, ninite seems great too, specially the Pro version for a large scale management.
The free version could kind of be "compared" to the Secunia Personal Software Inspector (yes im aware that PSI works only with already installed applications).

PSI and Ninite are actually complementary: Using Ninite to get all the apps to install, then use PSI to monitor & Update.
So no need to purchase the Ninite Updater version.

Best of both worlds 🙂
 
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jaydeee said:
This is new to me, I am wondering what is its advantage of doing what we used to.
Thanks.
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If you often install Windows + all your favorite applications (i.e vlc, AdobeReader...) then you know how tedious the entire process could be.

The link from the OP and the other softwares discussed in the topic will significantly reduce the dedicated time to look for, download then install your chosen programs; with just few clicks.
 
Scooby Doo said:
Hmmmmm, put it in a GUI and that would do wonders!
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ninite. decent enough range of packages. they had to remove flash recently, which reminded me how annoying it was to install flash. i had gotten spoiled setting up pcs for people by moving an EXE i had downloaded from ninite off my thumbdrive, clicking it on their pc...and going away
 
I'm sure someone may find this useful but I don't think it will be useful for me. I'm also not really a fan of software repositories run by third parties. I use Linux quite a bit for work (in fact my primary PC at work is Linux Mint 14.1) and even in Linux I don't really use the repositories, I just get the software from the "official" source. Someone will have something to say about this I'm sure.

I don't tend reinstall Windows that often. I'm several years in on my current Windows 7 install.

Help Desk jockeys perhaps if they're configuring several systems at once - but these days most hardware is imaged using an MS Sysprep image anyway and all the applications are on the image.
 
Vic Vega said:
...and even in Linux I don't really use the repositories, I just get the software from the "official" source. Someone will have something to say about this I'm sure.
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Why do you do that? If GNU/Linux had a feature that just about anybody could appreciate, it would be central package management.
 
These days most software autoupdates so I don't see that as an issue. I can't think of any software I use that doesn't autoupdate.
 
Vic Vega said:
No offense, but are you ignorant?

My current install of Windows 7 is several years old and working fine.
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I'm talking about your Linux installation at work. There's a reason package managers exist for Linux and not for windows.
 
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