My prototyping team bought one of those Walmart Lindows machines to play around with and I remember being impressed, especially with the way a user could find and install software packages. I think the machine sold for some trivial amount, like, $200.
> the way a user could find and install software packages.
And even with app stores neither Windows nor macOS come close to the seamless experience of updating all software from a single place.
Apple had, for some time, OS updates in the App Store, but not anymore. The software update in the preferences app is a step backward in that sense - why have two ways of doing everything?
And Windows is even worse. I have at least 6 apps I need to open if I want the Windows machine to update everything.
