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Brian C. Keegan, Ph.D.Aug 20, 2024

Awesome post by @emilydoesastro about alternatives like #pyenv to the enshittification of #conda #anaconda #python https://emilydoesastro.com/posts/240820-pyenv/

pyenv: a free and simple alternative to Conda

Conda just became VERY expensive for university users. In this post, I talk about how I use pyenv as a lightweight alternative.

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Juan Luis Aug 21, 2024

@bkeegan @emilydoesastro @mszll I mean... conda doesn't need GBs of disk space, that's the Anaconda distribution. conda-forge is a community owned conda channel that is free to use and didn't get mentioned. Also no, pyenv can barely replace conda packages (just the "manage Python versions" bit). Also last time I checked pyenv wasn't cross platform. Also why uv wasn't mentioned?

I am very sorry but this is just bad takes.

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Emily Hunt

@astrojuanlu @bkeegan @mszll I explain in the post why I want to recommend one simple tool as a potential alternative. People are welcome to use whatever they want to. Many people still use the main Conda channel, and this post is aimed at them. I also don't think that mentioning every tool ad infinitum is a good idea, uv is still very new too.