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> `brew install theThingIActuallyWant` Homebrew is a third-party tool neither written nor endorsed by Apple that does hacky things and causes breakage with thi

> `brew install theThingIActuallyWant` Homebrew is a third-party tool neither written nor endorsed by Apple that does hacky things and causes breakage with things as simple and fundamental as a [multi user install]. > Settings for notifications and obnoxious start-up stuff, all in one place and in your hands, not Microsoft's and in most cases, not even Apple's. It is better than Windows. Right-click on Start - Task Manager - Startup apps. Right-click on notification icon - Notifications settings. I am not "off." You just don't know Windows. I know MacOS with all its illogical UX. No idea why you brought up Linux. It's [less secure] than both macOS and Windows and much less secure than Android and iOS, so I wouldn't use it as a desktop OS to begin with, and it's not really relevant to the discussion. [multi user install]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41840479/how-to-use-homebrew-on-a-multi-user-macos-sierra-setup https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41840479/how-to-use-home... [less secure]: https://madaidans-insecurities.github.io/linux.html https://madaidans-insecurities.github.io/linux.html

slowmovintarget 2y ago
I didn't mean that you specifically, are off. I was using a shortened form of the expression "and you're off to the races" as in, "you're all ready to go." Sorry for the confusion over that phrase. And it's more like: Task Manager | Startup Apps Start menu > Start up shortcuts Service Manager... disable services set to run on start Registry settings for on-login and on-start up items Multiple layers of registry settings for other run-once or run-if apps that can install or configure any of the above and make things come back. I know Windows just fine (I've been a programmer/developer/software engineer/you name the title for 30 years), and it's become a never ending whack-a-mole every time there was a system update. And it is far more difficult to keep Windows doing what you want it to and keeping it from doing what you don't, because of Microsoft, than any other operating system. I've watched Windows go from pretty darn good to buggy, messy, and extractive. It is no longer the operating system for me, and I will happily recommend Mac to my family who, by and large, don't game.
sergeykish 2y ago
Android is more secure, yet Android built on Linux kernel, this invalidates Linux kernel security claims. X11? Use Wayland. UWP requires Microsoft Store or "sideloading" so not used by a lot of applications. Windows is not open source, there could be countless vulnerabilities and backdoors. Windows users still download installers from Web, they are phishing targets. Linux desktop is mostly open source software. Raise of closed source software would bring Android like security.
SauciestGNU 2y ago
Wrt homebrew not being endorsed by Apple, I want to point out that Apple's internal protocols have their engineers using it as the standard tool. I'm not sure what better endorsement there could be.

slowmovintarget 2y ago

I didn't mean that you specifically, are off. I was using a shortened form of the expression "and you're off to the races" as in, "you're all ready to go." Sorry for the confusion over that phrase. And it's more like: Task Manager | Startup Apps Start menu > Start up shortcuts Service Manager... disable services set to run on start Registry settings for on-login and on-start up items Multiple layers of registry settings for other run-once or run-if apps that can install or configure any of the above and make things come back. I know Windows just fine (I've been a programmer/developer/software engineer/you name the title for 30 years), and it's become a never ending whack-a-mole every time there was a system update. And it is far more difficult to keep Windows doing what you want it to and keeping it from doing what you don't, because of Microsoft, than any other operating system. I've watched Windows go from pretty darn good to buggy, messy, and extractive. It is no longer the operating system for me, and I will happily recommend Mac to my family who, by and large, don't game.

sergeykish 2y ago

Android is more secure, yet Android built on Linux kernel, this invalidates Linux kernel security claims. X11? Use Wayland. UWP requires Microsoft Store or "sideloading" so not used by a lot of applications. Windows is not open source, there could be countless vulnerabilities and backdoors. Windows users still download installers from Web, they are phishing targets. Linux desktop is mostly open source software. Raise of closed source software would bring Android like security.

SauciestGNU 2y ago

Wrt homebrew not being endorsed by Apple, I want to point out that Apple's internal protocols have their engineers using it as the standard tool. I'm not sure what better endorsement there could be.