i don’t really have a reason to, as windows mostly just works, I’m wondering what benefits and downsides there are. will definitely dual boot at the beginning, but I’d be willing to fully move over if i like it
thanks guys :)
edit: also if there’s some recourse y’all could point me to so i can get some baseline knowledge on this stuff, that would be fantastic
Windows has a few years old native package manager called NuGet.
NuGet is restricted to .Net software packages IIRC, while other options like Chocolatey and Ninite can be used to install and maintain a larger variety of software (while Ninite’s selection is pretty small too, it does cover the essentials).
Chocolatey is as close to Linux package management as you can get in Windows and I used it a lot when I was dual-booting. In fact, it’s part of the reason why I decided to do the full switch: I realized that I was “Linuxifying” my Windows install more and more and Chocolatey was a huge part of that.