#Km91#Mar 1

Live Dangerously

https://sh.itjust.works/post/56122046

Show threadLimerance

Best of both worlds:

  • install boring stable distro
  • use Homebrew to install bleeding edge stuff, separately from the base system.
Homebrew

The Missing Package Manager for macOS (or Linux).

Homebrew
Mar 2 at 1:32pmWeb
Show threadresume7512Mar 2

I think you meant to say nix lol.

Is Homebrew any good on Linux tho?

Show threadLimeranceMar 2

Homebrew is supported on Ubuntu, Debian, and Fedora.

I use it on my recent Linux Mint install. Mint has pretty old packages or enormously bloated flatpacks, that come with limitations.

neovim only came in an ancient version, that doesn’t support lazyvim. Nicotine+ came as ancient from the Mint packages or as a 4 GB monster via flatpack.

I used Homebrew and everything installed quickly in current versions and worked like a breeze.

The great thing about Homebrew is that removing it is as easy as rm -r /home/linuxbrew

Show threadUnderpantsWeevilMar 2

Still feels like a hat on a hat. Unless you’re on bleeding edge hardware doing something truly novel with the OS, I’m not sure why a selective opt-in log of various bolt-ons and patches improves your experience.

Computers, at their heart, are still just a place you go to manage spreadsheets, email other people those spreadsheets, and pirate entertainment. So you’re always left asking the burning question “How will this patch improve my experience with spreadsheets?” And 99.5% of the time, the answer is “It won’t”.