Yes. The package management is excellent via Brew (similar to archlinux's system). The "trouble" comes from getting the core OS to behave and play nice with th

Yes. The package management is excellent via Brew (similar to archlinux's system). The "trouble" comes from getting the core OS to behave and play nice with the hardware. That is rarely an issue with Apple's platform, speaking from personal comparative experience. Also, Apple's SDK for their own platforms is the currently the best around, bar none.