I thought I was going to miss Linux package management tools, but MacPorts is just as good MacPorts is decent, but it is definitely not as good as apt/dpkg in

I thought I was going to miss Linux package management tools, but MacPorts is just as good MacPorts is decent, but it is definitely not as good as apt/dpkg in terms of overall package quality, comprehensiveness, and convenience. In the same way that Mac power management "just works" (and I agree with you enthusiastically there), Debian/Ubuntu packages "just work." Also, MacPorts only applies to Unix-style software: most Mac applications do their own installation/uninstallation/updates, which is much more annoying. Another delightful thing about package management on Linux is that it is commonplace to upgrade all the packages installed on your system every 6-12 months, for free, whenever new revisions of your distro are released. Compared to paying $99 for a new version of OSX that isn't integrated with any of your installed packages, it's not nearly as nice.