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No difference. OS X has Unix underpinning so its close to Linux. Choose the one that makes you happy. If you're looking for excuses to buy a Mac, don't, just go
by jemeshsu 15y ago
No difference. OS X has Unix underpinning so its close to Linux. Choose the one that makes you happy. If you're looking for excuses to buy a Mac, don't, just go out and buy.
- achompas 15y agoI disagree. Package management is a nightmare on Mac--bad enough that I work on a Mint VM at home for my OSS contributions and on a Ubuntu VM at work. This is a significant consideration for any dev. Note: I know MacPorts exists, and I'm not a fan.
- andrewjshults 15y agoHomebrew (http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/ http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/) is a significant improvement over MacPorts. The formulas also seem to be updated much quicker as well, as far as I can remember from when I last used MacPorts.