As you're probably well aware, Windows doesn't have the elegant package management system that Linux users have enjoyed for decades. Microsoft's built-in package managers for Windows, Winget, solved ...

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If you are not using a package manager on your Windows system to install applications and other software, you should. Period. End of story. Searching for, downloading, and installing applications ...

Windows Package Manager is a package manager solution that includes a command-line tool (winget) and a set of services for installing apps on Windows 10 and Windows 11 PCs. Using the winget ...

Have you ever wondered how easy it would be if every time you upgraded to a new operating system, changed your computer, or reinstalled the old operating system, you could type a command, and all the ...

Holy UWP: It took four years of development, but WinGet has finally introduced what is likely one of its most useful features yet. The Windows-focused package manager is now compatible with Microsoft ...

In the Linux world, package managers catalog and install the software available in a given Linux distribution. Until recently, Microsoft Windows software management wasn’t that centralized. There was ...

Ask a longtime Windows user to share their biggest frustrations about the operating system, and you'll probably get an earful about the headaches of installing and maintaining apps. And for good ...

Picture the ultimate replacement for the Windows Store app. Let’s imagine it allows for installing nearly any Windows application; no clicking through software installation wizards; automatically ...

Iintegration with Entra ID brings identity-based access controls to the distribution and use of Windows Subsystem for Linux and Windows Package Manager in enterprises. Microsoft has added new security ...