[TriLUG] Why Linux For Me

[Igor Partola]

Yes, I recently got a chance to use homebrew for a few months. It's a good
stop-gap solution. Definitely not something that a non-techie would use.
There are two major draw-backs to it. First, it's not integrated into the
OS, so it does require setup and some minimal maintenance.

Second, it doesn't appear that the packages/recipes in it are very well
curated. Debian packages, I think, are a gold standard for package quality
and maintenance. I imagine RPM repositories from Red Hat are also very high
quality, though I don't have much post 2002 experience with them. homebrew
doesn't seem to place the same level of importance on quality.

All of the above is, of course IMHO.

Igor

On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 10:20 PM, bak <bak at picklefactory.org> wrote:

> It still doesn't, but installing brew, fink, or MacPorts is pretty simple.
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