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> "apt-get" is the classic tool for Windows Subsystem for Linux

Hello darkness, my old friend…




Yeah I hope the TLD read is that this article has nothing to do with Microsoft embracing Linux and Debian distribution related tools are safe?

I would have preferred irrelevantGet but WinGet is unambiguous enough.

Don't work for free on proprietary systems or single sponsor opensource is a lesson cheaper learned by watching others.


> Don't work for free on proprietary systems or single sponsor opensource is a lesson cheaper learned by watching others.

Well in the author's case the tool was just as useful for them than for the others. Nothing wrong with helping the community, regardless of the ecosystem.




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