Re: how to install Alire ada on Linux?

[Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org>]

"Nasser M. Abbasi" <nma@12000.org> writes:

> On 12/28/2022 3:26 AM, Egil H H wrote:
>> On Wednesday, December 28, 2022 at 1:20:18 AM UTC+1, Nasser M. Abbasi wrote:
>>> I went to https://alire.ada.dev/
>>>
>>> It says at the top "download Alire for windows".
>>>
>>> No linux button. Only windows.
>>>
>> I guess you're visiting the site using a Windows computer. On my
>> Linux computer the button says Linux...
>> 
>
> OMG, are you saying they designed the web site to show the botton
> based on which OS one is using at the time??

Yes. That's a common design for most "install" websites these days
(Firefox for example). It caters to web/computer newbies.

We could argue that existing Ada users are _not_ newbies, but we are
trying to attract more people to the language, so I think this is a good
choice.

> Who designed this site?  This makes no sense at all. They should
> show all bottons for all OS's regrdless.

It should be easier to navigate to the "all installers" page.

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