I use Ubuntu (Linux).
It has had that feature for years.
It has more than 34000 apps.
It’s all free.
I don’t get it. I’ve never had a mac, but have used Windows for 15 years and the internet for about that, and getting free software for your computer was never really a problem.
It seems like mac people are dazzled by the idea of putting something different on their computer.
And I’d rather download software without installing it. And all software for Windows is free if you really want it to be free.
What would prevent Windows from doing what Apple is doing - if just setting up a website with links to downloads?
Shh, don’t spoil it!
Not even similar.
I really like Linux. I ran Linux as my main system at home for 10 years. I enjoy compiling the kernel from source to customize it to my exact needs. I like to tinker and administer a computer system.
I have now moved my main system over to Mac OS X. I still spend a lot of time at the command line in the bash shell, which is also the default shell for the Mac. But the more I use the Mac, the more I am using the Finder. For a lot of filesystem management tasks, the Finder is really quite good for a GUI. But of course if I need to do something like make a symlink, I go back to the bash shell.