>mfw Linux users won't ever know how convenient it is to download a portable .exe and have the program ready to go with two clicks and no waiting time whatsover
$ sudo pacman -S program
$ program
>>52091637
>implying you can't download binaries and execute them directly on Linux
>>52091655
>sudo
./program
>>52091679
>logging in as root
>>52091637
>mfw OP never tried Linux and doesn't know that this is possible on Linux too
>>52091696
>not using su
sudo apt-get install dankmemegenerator
>>52091637
ITT: OP is a computer illiterate faggot.
>>52091696
>su root
>mfw Windows users won't ever know how convenient it is to install your OS on a portable dongle and have the OS, programs,and everything else ready to go with with no waiting time whatsover as well as not pissing your friends that you would make changes to their PCs
>>52091637
>3dpd
disgusting
>>52091637
Windows users will never know that feeling again either.
>>52091705
remove root and sudo -i
>>52091753
>dongle
>>52091655
UNIX
>apt-get install $software
Ah crap no that's not working...
>aptitude install $software
No???
>yum install $software
YOU HAVE TO BE KIDDING ME THAT'S NOT IT?!
> pacman -S $software
WTF
>emerge $software
FUCKING FINALLY
Windiws/iOS
Click the app
>Just werks
>>52091828
>UNIX
>lists linux package management system commands
GNU Not Unix
>>52091637
>its a virus
>>52091844
>being this literal
>>52091637
>apt-get install meme
>meme
>meme.exe
>meme wizard
>uncheck adware
>changes your search engine anyway
Executable files still exist in Unix.
>>52091804
>not putting dongles in your mouth
>>52091828
>implying that every user is a complete idiot that doesn't know which packet manager he's using
>>52091870
It's literally not a UNIX
>>52091828
>Click the app
what is .rpm and .deb?
also software centre
>Just werks
>>52091637
tarball executables are still a thing
>>52091753
>>52091804
>dongle
>>52091897
But they aren't called .exe
>Linux users think they're intelligent
>Fall for 0/10 bait every single time
Explain yourselves.
>>52091914
This thread is about portable software. The whole point is being able to take software with you for use on foreign computers. Try and find me a library or public computer lab that doesn't run windows. After that, try and tell me that you've memorized which package manager EVERY different distro of Linux uses, because you have no control over what version will be installed in that foreign machine.
>>52091828
by this logic Android is completely unusable because you get apps from the Play Store instead of the App Store. How is a user supposed to know which one they have?
>>52091961
>mv file file.exe
>>52091968
>portable software
Statically linked software exists for Linux too you fucking cock mongler. You literally download an executable and run it.
>>52091968
what are you going on about faggot?
what public machine allows you to execute arbitrary binaries anyhow?
>>52091961
>handling files based on extension names
that's so windows
>>52091984
Unless the software requires modifications under /etc, the loonix version of the registry.
>>52091968
I took <2 minutes to figure out Zypper after only using Debian based distros. They all function pretty much the same.
>>52091671
underrated post, also /thread, also OP is a faggot
This >>52091753
And this >>52091721
/thread
>>52091871
He said portable you you goddamn illiterate faggot.
./a.out
>>52092028
>Unless the software requires modifications under /etc
User-level software rarely do /etc is reserved for system and daemon configuration
>the loonix version of the registry.
That would be $HOME/.thefuckingprogram.rc, which is portable as fuck as it has been a NIX-convention since the fucking 70s.
>wintards don't know what LSB is or what statically linked means.
>>52092052
Learn to write before calling others illiterate, you mongoloid.
>>52092061
This guy knows what he is talking about
>>52091753
>mfw loonix users will never know the simplicity of inserting your smartcard into a SunRay station and instantly being netbooted straight into your desktop environment from anywhere in the world.
>>52091961
My irony detector can't give an exact result
on this.
>>52092123
>using thin clients
>>52091984
>mfw Linux users don't even have a rename command and have to move files around the disk just to change the extension
I guess you get what you pay for
>>52091637
Umm hardlink programs on a portable hard-drive.
>Linux designed for inexperienced window retard
Better claim linux lacks something that it does not.
.exe works only with WINDOW os
external bash commands are portable you fucking retard even without implying specific configurations to be so.
Also, as a matter of fact,
I have had experiences
where I tried to compile software older
than 30 years, and it still worked.
I honestly doubt that one can find a non-trivial
binary that can still run under any OS after more than 30 years without any development.
>>52092123
>have udev rule for insertion of said tokens
>mount detected user's home folder from net share
>execute their .xsession or .xinitrc
???
>>52091828
On Windows, wanting to start a program
>type the name of the program using the keyboard
Ah crap no that's not working...
>click once on the program icon
No???
>right click on icon and go to "Properties"
YOU HAVE TO BE KIDDING ME THAT'S NOT IT?!
>Choose "open with" from the right-click menu and select Notepad.exe
WTF
>double click the application icon
FUCKING FINALLY
On GNU/Linux, wanting to start a program
>./<program>
Just werks
On Windows, wanting to install some software
>google the name of the software
Ah crap, that's a malware-ridden website
>go to the official URL of the project
Oh, looks like it's down
>search for some media with the binary on it
Damn, I can't find it
>download something from a malware site because you didn't install Common Sense 2015
Computer full with toolbars, just werks
On GNU/Linux, wanting to install some software
>search web or read docs on how to install a package on that distribution
Wow, now I know even more than I wanted to!
>install it using the command
just werks
See? If you don't know how to use your computer, you should look into it. If you just try commands which you think should work, you won't get anywhere. If you use Gentoo for example, you should have read about package management.
Documentation like this is included with every operating system. People are available to teach you. You could also just search the web with "how to install a program on $system"
>>52092149
>linux
>shell commands
Pick one, internally Windows also does a move syscall when you do a rename.
Also, bash actually DO have a rename command.
Not that it matters anyway, you're not actually moving anything around on disk just changing the inode entry.
Sometimes I can't tell which ones are knowledgeable and trolling and which ones are actually retarded.
>>52092211
they are all retards desu
>>52092211
A rule of thumb is that if you're pretending to be ignorant on this forum for taiwanese tapestry, you're most likely retarded in some way anyway.
what are debs and rpms?
>>52092233
What's important is that you've found a way to feel superior to both
>>52092244
uh packages?
>>52091637
Windows:
> open Botnet Explorer
> www.botnet.com
> download and run botnet.exe
> 3 new toolbars
> new background process is mining Bitcoins for the Russian mafia
Linux:
> open terminal
> sudo apt-get install botnet -y
> enter password
> done
> package manager automatically updated program to new versions
> feelsgoodman.sh
>>52092149
>Linux users don't even have a rename command and have to move files around the disk just to change the extension
man rename
linux:
>install distro
>install wm/de
>fonts are fucked
>tweak around the font config file
>tweak the wm/de config file
>install video driver and it won't work for some reason
>tweak the video config file for a bit
>install chromium
>pc ready to use
windows:
>install windows
>install video driver
>open ie and download chromium
>pc ready to use
>>52091637
>huur I use shit metro UI ass fuck of an OS
mfw Im fine with this
>>52091637
>mfw when Windows users try to say how bad Linux is based on memes.
>>52092359
Fucking casual
Install distro
git clone [email protected]:username/dotfiles.repo
mv dotfiles/.* ./
git clone [email protected]:username/essential-software.repo
dpkg -i essential-software/my-software-collection.deb
>>52092359
Fixing this for you.
Ubuntu:
> boot from USB
> click Next a few times
> boot into new install
> sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y && sudo apt-get install linux-firmware linux-firmware-nonfree
> done in under an hour
Windows:
> want to boot from DVD
> don't have DVD drive
> buy DVD drive
> boot
> Windows 10 takes an hour to install
> start system
> "Welcome to Windows!"
> wat
> unnecessary tutorial takes 15 minutes
> takes another 30 to configure desktop
> finally
> want to install video driver
> mfw no package manager to do it for you
> open Microsoft Edge
> Google "Nvidia latest driver download legit"
> www.botnet.com/download/legitdriver.exe
> start install process
> taking forever
> Windows Update restarts your PC mid installation
> system is fucked
> start over
>>52092485
>installing ubuntu
>an hour
Try 10-15 minutes depending on your inet connection and usb + sata speed, senpai
>>52091637
ty for hayley
>>52091962
b-but we're the master race!
>>52092485
Windows can boot from a USB ding dong
>>52091828
Or you could be smart and know what PM your distro uses
>>52092180
>read docs
Fucking failed
>>52091637
sudo apt-get x
x
>>52092485
>mfw no package manager to do it for you
Windows 10 has a package manager and in fact windows has installed drivers for you automatically through windows love
>>52092583
It can install from a flash drive, but I've never seen one be installed to and boot from a flash drive.
Windows 10 installation is sub 15gb you can install windows to the USB then boot from it as bootable media
Its literally called windows on a stick
>>52091968
>OS on USB
>walk up to foreign machine
>insert USB
>enter boot menu
>select USB drive
>boot into OS
Why would you need to learn about other package mangers if you know which one you're using, on your PORTABLE OS
>>52092768
>wtf why did you turn off my PC, anon?
Just carry around a raspberry pi you cockgobbler
>>52092180
nice windows strawman. only a certified /g/tard could fuck up using something so simple.
>>52092792
>not telling people ahead of time
What an asshole friend you are.
>>52091637
Emmawatsonnude.jpg.exe
>>52092123
>ipxe
>??
>profit
>>52092180
Everyone see this?
This is what trying too hard looks like.
My daily driver is FreeBSD so i can say that.
>>52091828
I agree, it's hard if you have basic memory skills and are unable to remember what distro you were using
>>52091828
Freetards and windowsfags BTFO!
OSX strong!
>put app in app folder
>profit
Just werks!
>>52093411
You did it, Billy! When you get older, I'll teach you how to use a REAL computer.
>>52091637
Obviously you don't know shit about how programs work.
>>52091637
>implying executables aren't a thing on linux
I didn't know people this dumb were allowed on the internet.
>>52093493
>unironically thinks there's real benefit to scattering 1.8 trillion files around the system
>thinks he can trust the computer to not fuck up when removing that shit
>think it's actually OK to make the user think about dependencies and shared libraries
Package managers aren't the answer until they can operate as reliably, consistently, and intuitively as copying or deleting self-contained application packages under OS X. I've worked with several package managers and they've all managed to fuck up at one point or another, and that's simply not acceptable for an end-user oriented desktop OS.
>>52091897
I think what he means is that Linux people will never know what it's like to have a statically linked binary. You can certainly build statically linked programs, but most people don't do this because it's a waste of space. Especially when you have a dozen programs using the same library.
>>52093649
This!
>>52093493
See >>52093649
>>52093616
>I didn't know people this dumb were allowed on the internet.
Yo0u must really be new, don't worry you can always be more disappointed!
>>52093742
I'm not sure that creating a complicated failure-prone management system is really worth saving what might amount to a couple hundred megabytes at worst. It's a lot of potential trouble for questionable benefit.
>>52093959
Failure prone, eh? When can I expect my Lubuntu 14.04 installation to fuck up? I've got about a year in on it so far.
>>52091637
>.exe
>portable
you literally can only use it on Windows unless you try to go through tons of hoops to emulate it just to have a buggy execution.
that's not portable.
>>52094114
Everything runs Windows so its not a problem. Loonix users are boned because in order to run their portable gnu apps they have to install Cygwin or MiniGW on Windows machines first.
>>52091968
>public computer lab
My university still uses Red Hat Linux for some reason, but yeah, all of the university computer science labs use Linux, outdated as they are.
>>52091637
enjoy your botnet.exe
>>52094225
Are you referring to an old version that predates the RHEL/Fedora split?
>>52091637
>>52094192
I don't think you understand what portable means.
>>52091637
lmao LOL her tongue is sticking out! I mean really, WOW that's some kind of real innovative way of saying ayy lmao isn't it? Really I'm presiv e OP I literally laffed so hard LMAA
well now, you don't understand
that's not the point of christmas-land
>>52093409
>freeBSD
>not using MenuetOS on a Pentium 4 like a real tryhard
>>52092244
Dependency hell without an internet connection.
Good bait OP, way better than the usual bullshit.
>>52091637
download software
get toolbars
>>tfw windows
>>52091637
just download the source and compile.
you do have a compiler installed, dont you?
>>52095975
Listen, kiddo, this may be a surprise to you, but not all computers have internet connections.
>>52096230
Then how'd you download the executable?
>>52096245
I bought it from Best Buy. Good software costs money, friend.
>>52091968
theres like 5 package managers that have 99% the same functionality.
if you're so stupid as to not be able to figure them out, linux isn't for you.
>>52096382dnf install intelligenceintelligence not found
>mfw
>>52096382
>5 package managers
Lmao
>>52091637
Loontards will never be able to do simple offline installs.
Loontards will never have an easy way of installing older versions of programs.
kek
Autism: The thread
>>52096267
Then purchase the linux software.
It's not really linux' fault that windows' software distribution is stuck in the stone age
Another superior thing about .exe is that you can change the directory of the installation, set associations, configure other stuff.
On Loonshit you've just gotta use whatever some neckbeard thinks is best
Linux fags will never now what it feels like to install programs without an internet connection and downloading shitty dependencies.
Face it faggots, your systems are literally 100% useless without an internet connection.
>>52096617
Best Buy doesn't sell software for Loonix. My guess is because it wouldn't sell.
>>52096661
Then buy an internet connection instead.
>>52096671
>paying for the governments ear
>>52091697
Bullshit it is.
>>52091753
>dongle
>>52096658
>insert Slackware dvd or usb
>check deps of a package on media
>install deps from said media
>install package
I'm sure you have all the Windows programs you'll ever need on physical media without an internet connection.
>>52096679
The government only collects what you give them.
>>52096658
Back in the 2000's when WiFi also was a bitch to install on linux, we had to.
Obviously we prefer to install things from the package manager but that doesn't remove the option to install it without internet.
On Debian you use dpkg and and red hat you use rpm, and everywhere else you
./configure
make
make install
And if that didn't work you read the error messages and installed those dependencies.
Last I installed windows (7), I had to boot back to linux to get both LAN and WiFi drivers. I was a bit shocked since I use Intel and they are usually good about providing drivers for free.
>>52096661
They will sell anything.
>>52096686
A compiled c program, that's how.
>>52097210
This.
Or a portable shell script.
Or a portable any other script.
Or a compiled anything program.
>>52091828
You can get what ever you want in Linux. If you just want "start" to mean any command or double click it can easily be done.
>loolnix users will never feel the complete assurance that your os will not break if you update
Updating in loolnix is fucking hell they have to pray in 28 gods to make sure nothing wrong happens that will rekt till do a clean install
>>52096686
>someone who has never tried Linux and just imagine what Linux can and can't do.
>>52096658
Easy to install stuff without a Internet connection
>>52096245
Using a phone. Having to hunt libs and installing them either to compile or just to use a .deb or .rpm. Fucking hell.
>>52091637
>implying
software center can both install and uninstall apps faster and easier than Windows control panel where you have to manually scrape the leftover files and registry. Linux clears the cache by itself when you logout.
>>52091655
>implying
archlinux and pacman are the worst. I can't find shit in aur, took me ages to locate a working archive manager. ubunt u is so convenient, most of the software is already in the default repos, PPA's are rarely required.
>>52096686
Precompiled executables are on linux too. They just don't auto-extract.
>>52096686
>implying
see this shit? this is a .deb file which is a complete package that opens in software center and installs the application.
>>52097272
I think that's most of /g/.
>>52097420
This. Double click .deb or .rpm files and off you go. Unlike Windows there is no spyware and adware that you need to click next 10 times just to reach the installation stage.
.deb/.rpm are more like bundled installers rather than portable executables.
ls $(tr ':' ' ' <<< $PATH)
Screen instantly filled with executables, many of which can be copied to a USB drive and run on any other Linux, FreeBSD or NetBSD machine of the same architecture.
>>52091968
The computers at my university's primary computer lab have Gentoo installed. I love it. I'm not even studying computer science. Whenever I need to crunch numbers or do a simulation or format data, I write some code (either at home, saving it on a flash drive, or at school). I can just run "directory/programName" in the terminal to use it.
If the computer doesn't have Linux installed, I have a live USB.
I used to think she was cute before i realized her persona wasn't a persona and she was actually like that
>>52097478
>It still downloads other shitty dependencies as it installs the .deb package
>>52091968
Most libraries and labs where I work don't allow users to plug in their flash drives and you can't install any .exe files without admin rights, which you don't as you use guest account.
>>52097660
And windows doesn't? You do realize windows duplicates the entire visual C++ libraries and other components for every software you install? that is bloat on an unprecedented level. my windows partition has 8 diff versions of visual C++ and a 30gb windows folder.
>>52092719
Search for Windows To Go.
>>52091637
I like your bate image. There are plenty of portable software for Linux too. And clicking is for niggers. Let's shut you down:
[code}$ ./turbonigger --die[/code]
>>52091637
The magic word is Vine ma deer.
>>52092149
just use "rename" or rightclick>rename
>copy custom binaries from linux
>try use on other distro, don't work
>try use on previous version of distro built on, don't work
>try use on latest disto of the one they were build on, doesn't work.
>you gotta build it static and/or include all libs
>simple cli binaried bloat to several Mib.. uhh
>application with python gui now takes up 400mb space
Meanwhile I can install Windows 10 and anything from the past 20 years works just fine. Word 95 installs and runs fine OOTB.
>>52093411
>>52093783
>Reddit spacing
:^)
>>52097373
>Windows control panel where you have to manually scrape the leftover files and registry.
Same shit in Ubuntu or any other package manager - there is always some shit left outside of "cache" or temp folders.
>archlinux and pacman are the worst. I can't find shit in aur
Usually it is the opposite - most people love the AUR because they find stuff they wouldn't have in regular repositories or other package managers. Why are you talking out of your ass? pacman and aur have other critical problems but that's definitely not one of them.
>>52091696
>not logging in as root on a desktop machine
>>52098392
This.
winbro for life
come at me cucks
>>52093959
All I know is my Windows 7 computer with MS Office alone takes up 110GB. Granted Window 10 is probably on here somewhere as well waiting to be force installed upon me. I barely use over 5GB on my Debian machine and that's with bloated programs like Gimp, Firefox, Thunderbird, and LibreOffice installed. There's no question about the benefits of dynamically shared resources.
>portable
>exe
Is this nigger serious?
>mfw OP will never know the joy of properly using a computer
>portable exe
>>52098524
>>52099069
dumb linux lusers
>>52092359
>>52095682
Way to go, Dad!
>>52098500
>logging in as root on a desktop machine
>>52091637
>tfw you will never bang a 19 yr old hayley williams
you are now aware that she was born in 1988 which for most of this board means she is old enough to be your mom
>>52099396
>logging in as root.
>>52091968
>try and tell me that you've memorized which package manager EVERY different distro of Linux uses,
Debian based distros use apt
>Debian
>Ubuntu
>Mint
Arch based distros use pacman
>Arch
>Manjaro
>Antergos
Redhat distros use yum
>Fedora
>CentOS
>etc
Gentoo based distros use emerge
>Gentoo
>Funtoo
Of course I'm not listing every distros, but you should know what fkin package manager is installed.
>>52091696
>>52099396
>>52099412
I bet that you retards use arch or something like that.
>>52099422
>doesnt know how to operate his computer
>this defensive
embarrassing
lemme guess, you use mint
>>52091968
Well, you can also compile linux binaries to be static and portable, if you want. Then carry them around ad use them on any machine that can run linux binaries.
>>52099433
>my computer
>MY
>oy vey you can't be root
>why?
>muh security
It's not a server. You're not going to need that extra layer of security anytime soon.
Do yourself a favor and stop being paranoid.
>mfw Windows users won't ever know how convenient it is to type 5 application names in one command and have everything install itself
Wait a minute
>chocolatey
nvm
>>52099422
debian, gnome3 as root. It's easy because you only need to change one word in the stupid config.
>>52091637
>>52099502
>third party package manager
poo in loo tier right here
>>52099502
>no apps
>>52092821
>entirely missing the point
>>52093411
I put the app in my app folder and i didn't gain any profit.
Every other OS: 1
OSX: 0
>>52091637
>mfw Linux users
You mean GNU+Linux users? How can you use a kernel without a full operating system ?
>>52091753
Lol dude, this has been possible to a while now. Look for win to usb.
>>52099764
>he doesn't use a kernel for daily basis use
>>52091637
>portable programs
>a security hole is found in libpng
>linuxfags update one package and all their software use it
>winfags will never get a patch for all their portable programs
>>52099651
based taeyeon laying it down
>>52099764
You mean Emacs+Linux?
>>52093649
>thinks osx doesn't scatter shit around his pc
>thinks that shit scattered around his system is autoremoved when he drags the app icon into the trash bin
WHAT A LOSER
>>52098392
>custom binaries
So you're surprised that your -march=thisparticularthing -Omg-optimized binaries aren't very portable?
Use musl, statically link.
Or just use NetBSD if you absolutely need something last updated in the 90s. It has near-perfect binary backwards compatibility all the way to 1.1.
>yfw 7/10 programs require system restart after installation
>179 replies and 20 images omitted
Why do you guys insist on getting baited this easily? The first two posts answered this thread perfectly, every additional post is getting trolled and biting the bait.
>>52091637
I like to be simple and stupid: The Post
