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Consider usinga package manager for Windows in 2022 (and Linux GUI apps via WSL instead of Win ones)
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Description
The most popular and versatile one seems to be https://chocolatey.org/. There is also https://scoop.sh/, but it is more specific for command line tools I believe. Now that Linux GUI apps will be able to run natively on Windows via WSL2, we should also consider using apt for everything since students will be using this for command line tools already. We of course need to test limitations of running GUI apps via WSL2 versus natively in Windows.
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by comparing Chocolatey, Scoop, and apt for the command-line tools students use, then test the limitations of running GUI applications through WSL2 versus natively on Windows. Done means the project has a decided package-management approach supported by those evaluations.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- linux
- Domain
- operating-systems, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100