▲ 611 ▼ Do you know of any obscure useful websites? (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by FireTower@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 192 comments fedilink hide all child comments SEO has essentially destroyed search engines, what are some very useful websites that you might not get given by Google?
[–] catsup@lemmy.one 31 points 2 years ago (3 children) FYI: Ninite has largely been superseded by Chocolatey permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] oleorun@real.lemmy.fan 36 points 2 years ago (2 children) Chocolatey isn't really made for the DIYer setting up their computer for a one-off install - for that I always recommend Ninite. Chocolatey is useful for enterprises and advanced DIYers though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] GreyCat@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago idk, it's just one line to install every program you need and has a LOT more selection. permalink fedilink source parent [–] catsup@lemmy.one 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Ninite has like 20 programs to choose from, whereas Chocolatey has official and community repositories which are enabled by default and contain (as of writing this) 9872 programs. You don't need to be a master hacker to use chocolatey. It's literally one powershell command to install it, and then: > choco install libreoffice And to update existing programs (something which ninite can't do) > choco update I agree that Ninite might be useful for your 64yr old grandma who only uses Google Chrome and gets the spooks when she sees the command-line, but chocolatey is the go-to tool if you've got any needs more advanced than that. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Scribbd@feddit.nl 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) Another FYI: winget is usable if you wish to use a native solution. It has its shortcomings over choco, but usable. MS learn page permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] noUsernamesLef7@infosec.pub 2 points 2 years ago Winget is the best thing added to the windows ecosystem in a long time. I just wish it worked out of the box on Server :( permalink fedilink source parent [–] DaCrazyJamez@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) Though isnt chocolatey a paid service? Ninite is free... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] catsup@lemmy.one 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Nope, you can use chocolatey completely for free, even if you're an enterprise! In fact, the choco CLI is FOSS. They do offer a special "business plan", which has special features for IT departments which they could find very handy due to their special needs when handling thousands of software updates at a time. But you as an individual probably have no need for those paid features, so you can use it for free :) permalink fedilink source parent [–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago I've used it for free for years permalink fedilink source parent
[–] oleorun@real.lemmy.fan 36 points 2 years ago (2 children) Chocolatey isn't really made for the DIYer setting up their computer for a one-off install - for that I always recommend Ninite. Chocolatey is useful for enterprises and advanced DIYers though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] GreyCat@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago idk, it's just one line to install every program you need and has a LOT more selection. permalink fedilink source parent [–] catsup@lemmy.one 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Ninite has like 20 programs to choose from, whereas Chocolatey has official and community repositories which are enabled by default and contain (as of writing this) 9872 programs. You don't need to be a master hacker to use chocolatey. It's literally one powershell command to install it, and then: > choco install libreoffice And to update existing programs (something which ninite can't do) > choco update I agree that Ninite might be useful for your 64yr old grandma who only uses Google Chrome and gets the spooks when she sees the command-line, but chocolatey is the go-to tool if you've got any needs more advanced than that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GreyCat@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago idk, it's just one line to install every program you need and has a LOT more selection. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] catsup@lemmy.one 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Ninite has like 20 programs to choose from, whereas Chocolatey has official and community repositories which are enabled by default and contain (as of writing this) 9872 programs. You don't need to be a master hacker to use chocolatey. It's literally one powershell command to install it, and then: > choco install libreoffice And to update existing programs (something which ninite can't do) > choco update I agree that Ninite might be useful for your 64yr old grandma who only uses Google Chrome and gets the spooks when she sees the command-line, but chocolatey is the go-to tool if you've got any needs more advanced than that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Scribbd@feddit.nl 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) Another FYI: winget is usable if you wish to use a native solution. It has its shortcomings over choco, but usable. MS learn page permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] noUsernamesLef7@infosec.pub 2 points 2 years ago Winget is the best thing added to the windows ecosystem in a long time. I just wish it worked out of the box on Server :( permalink fedilink source parent
[–] noUsernamesLef7@infosec.pub 2 points 2 years ago Winget is the best thing added to the windows ecosystem in a long time. I just wish it worked out of the box on Server :( permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DaCrazyJamez@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) Though isnt chocolatey a paid service? Ninite is free... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] catsup@lemmy.one 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Nope, you can use chocolatey completely for free, even if you're an enterprise! In fact, the choco CLI is FOSS. They do offer a special "business plan", which has special features for IT departments which they could find very handy due to their special needs when handling thousands of software updates at a time. But you as an individual probably have no need for those paid features, so you can use it for free :) permalink fedilink source parent [–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago I've used it for free for years permalink fedilink source parent
[–] catsup@lemmy.one 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Nope, you can use chocolatey completely for free, even if you're an enterprise! In fact, the choco CLI is FOSS. They do offer a special "business plan", which has special features for IT departments which they could find very handy due to their special needs when handling thousands of software updates at a time. But you as an individual probably have no need for those paid features, so you can use it for free :) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago I've used it for free for years permalink fedilink source parent