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El 19/3/20 a las 7:07, ldries46 escribió:
 > As a newcomer in the Linux world I can feel what he means. But I just 
think that it is not so much the problem of the desktops themselve but 
of the lack of standardized installation procedures. There should be 
some installation programs as there are in windows, these programs 
should be independent of the type of desktop you are using. And of 
course they should be complete.

You are right, but that gap is starting to be filled by snaps 
(https://snapcraft.io/) or AppImage files.

 > Take for instance GNAT GPS and GtkAda.
 > GNAT GPS before running the installation you must make the package 
executable, it should be delivered execuable as under Windows. In Ubuntu 
you need to create a .Desktop File to run it from the desktop, that 
should be automaticely be created.
 > GtkAda in Windows is one package completely installable. Under Linux 
it is broken into several parts which you first have to locate.
 > This is not a problem of the desktop itself but of the producers of 
software.

They should consider using a snap package and the process would be easy 
as installing a distribution package.