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You don't need Linux to run free and open source software (www.theregister.com)
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[–] poinck@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

How much can one trust this Ninite thing? Sounds like the thing I want for work for easier Windows client management.

[–] lukalix98@programming.dev 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Ninite was a lifesaver each time I did a windows fresh install, until recently, but I think everyone knows what happened. My point is I never ran into any problems with Ninite and it saved me a lot of time back in the day.

edit: typo

[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 3 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

until recently, but I think everyone knows what happened

What? I don't, what happened? Did Ninite become sketchy?

[–] lukalix98@programming.dev 2 points 8 hours ago

I'm not sure what happened to Ninite, I was implying that I moved to linux so I don't have to rely on that tool anymore.

[–] poinck@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

The only thing I have found, is, that Microsoft now have a multi-installer themselves, but it can only install a limited selection from their own store.

I hope, Ninite did not become "sketchy".

[–] tehevilone@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

I've used Ninite for years on fresh installs for programs if I'm not doing enterprise stuff - all you do is pick which programs you want, it spits out an installer, and then you run it and it loads everything up, no sweat.