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Re:What OS should I used daily (Linux or OS X)? by ankurdhama on Wednesday January 11, 2017 @03:52AM (#13372639)
Why do you think homebrew can't be compared with apt-get or etc?
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Re:What OS should I used daily (Linux or OS X)? by airswimmer on Wednesday January 11, 2017 @04:35AM (#13372804)
Homebrew depends on git when fetching sources. Sometimes it fails at compiling or so. Not like the binary fetched directly from `apt-get` or others.

For other GNU/Linux package managers, they have package distribution standard (testing). Homebrew maybe give us latest package but I can't be sure whether it's stable and reliable for production.

`apt-get` or others are backed by companies or major communities.

---- But words in short, I really don't want to carry 2 computers (ThinkPad & MacBook) to work, travel or anything. Do you have some suggestions?

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