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I think when brew works nativelu it will be much more functional and fun to use.
by ungamedplayer 3y ago
I think when brew works nativelu it will be much more functional and fun to use.
- BossingAround 3y agoWhy? Brew is a workaround for not having a proper package manager on macOS. Can't you use the native package manager instead?
- JoBrad 3y agoI have used brew on Linux for dev tooling, because it’s so easy to switch versions.
- rubyn00bie 3y agoI realized Brew was released for Linux a while back, and my jaw dropped because… why? Brew is simply awful compared to most Linux package managers. It has gotten better over the years but I still couldn’t ever imagine preferring it over the installed out of the box package manager in quite literally any Linux distro.
- latexr 3y agoSometimes you can’t use a distro’s package manager (e.g. shared hosting) but Homebrew will still work.
- jckahn 3y agoHomebrew is my preferred package manager on Linux. It just seems to work more simply than apt or Flatpak for me, and it’s less context switching when I need to use macOS.
- JoBrad 3y agoFor standard apps, I agree. But being able to change the default version of Python, NodeJS, etc. just by running brew install is a lot easier than using apt/apt-get. They just aren't made to support that kind of scenario.