I find it quite hard to find open source software for windows. In time i might switch to linux, but for now i am stuck with windows 10.

Is there some reliable place where you can search for open source software?

Or is it that devs usually just don’t bother with windows?

EDIT: everyone, thank you so much for your input! I will check it all out. Yes, of course windows is evil, and i hope/expect to switch to linux before windows 11 comes around, but i still need it for a few programs, unfortunately. Once these come with a linux version - which is in the works - i can make the switch. Degoogling/demicrosofting is a process and i’m working on it.

Have a great weekend and thank you for the time to answer my question.

  • Pyro@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    1 year ago

    For me, Scoop feels faster and I also don’t have to remember/find the package name of what I want to install.

    If I want to install Everything, I just type scoop install everything. I wanted Everything, it installs Everything. Easy. If I try winget install everything, no. I have to remember the author as well and type winget install voidtools.Everything. It’s just a bit annoying.

    Plus, I know where all my software is with Scoop. Windows installers love flinging files all over your system, but with Scoop they’re all in the apps folder. It’s not always the case, but I trust Scoop apps to stay where they are more than Windows installers.

    • stephenc@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 year ago

      You can 100% use winget install [softwarename] if it doesn’t collide with another piece of software of the same name.

      And throwing everything in a user directory causes tons of issues that I’ve seen when something is expected to be installed the way Windows needs it to be.

      • Pyro@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I tried Chocolatey first, but ended up using Scoop after a while. It’s been years so I can’t remember why, but there was something about it that annoyed me enough to make the switch.

      • tordenflesk@lemmy.world
        1·
        1 year ago

        No installers unless absolutely necessary.

        Backups are simple, all user data in a single folder.

        Quicker checks for updates.