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I’ve been using Linuxbrew with Ubuntu (actually Pop!_OS). Linuxbrew is macOS’s Homebrew but for Linux, maintained by the same organization and using the same co
by jez 6y ago
I’ve been using Linuxbrew with Ubuntu (actually Pop!_OS). Linuxbrew is macOS’s Homebrew but for Linux, maintained by the same organization and using the same codebase.
If something needs to be installed system-wide, like dev headers for ncurses or something, I’ll install it through apt. But for nearly everything else (git, Neovim, fzf, tmux, htop, ripgrep, ...) I install it though Linuxbrew.
Linuxbrew formulas are up to date, not ancient. I have yet to run into a problem where a formula only worked on macOS and not Linux. Also for homebrew core packages they publish pre-built bottles so that I don’t have to build everything from source.
It’s pretty great. Pop!_OS is pretty much zero-upkeep, and Linuxbrew has everything I need.
I’ve said it before but the only thing really missing to keep me from using Linux as my main OS with this combo is better desktop mouse sensitivity and keybindings that mimic macOS system-wide (Cmd-C, Cmd-V, ...)