On Friday, 13 September 2013 at 22:09:36 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
Even on linux, using a Windows .exe tends to work better than using a linux binary - exe's just work there thanks to wine, whereas linux binaries always have some incompatibility).
As others have mentioned, this is not how linux operates really. In my experience almost everyone either uses a package manager (almost everything) or builds from source (bleeding edge)
Downloading executables from peoples websites is definitely a window mindset.
