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		lucb1e on June 2, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Looking Forward: Support for Secure Shell > complicated third-party installs Wait, isn't that nearly everything you ever install on Windows? Not complicated per se, but everything is third party and not signed by people maintaining Windows (as with most GNU/Linux distributions).

MartinCron on June 2, 2015 | [–]

Chocolately helps with at least the "complicated" part. Has helped me fall in love with Windows (7) again.

72deluxe on June 2, 2015 | [–]

Don't MSI packages help?

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