Agreed. BTW if you're looking for a apt/brew like experience on Windows proper, try chocolatey: https://chocolatey.org/
(Obviously there's also the Windows store, which is not bad for GUI programs, but for more developer-type stuff - e.g. installing python - chocolatey is great.)
I love chocolatey and use it quite a bit. But I like Arch Linux's AUR more because it contains way more packages. Though Microsoft also seems to be on their way to make their own
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/windows-package-m...
Re:Rust for Windows
by reader_mode on Thursday January 21, 2021 @03:23PM
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It's a different use case - use Chocolatey to manage native windows installers - it's more like brew casks.
Re:Rust for Windows
by thewrinklyninja on Thursday January 21, 2021 @04:18PM
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I prefer scoop myself. Everything is isolated to the users profile. Check it out.
Re:Rust for Windows
by paulryanrogers on Thursday January 21, 2021 @03:18PM
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Hasn't WinGet superceded Choco of late?
WinGet isn't publicly available yet.
Re:Rust for Windows
by steveklabnik on Friday January 22, 2021 @01:31AM
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Isn't it? https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli
Scoop is a good option too IMO.
Re:Rust for Windows
by X6S1x6Okd1st on Thursday January 21, 2021 @03:46PM
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If you find yourself in a Mac again I'd really recommend nix over homebrew
+1 for docker under Wsl2 is way better than macos
For what itβs worth, the GPU thing can be solved using an eGPU on Intel macs β but the thermal throttling and CPU perf basically killed that dead in the water for me; I was running an RX 590 which worked brilliantly, but gaming itself was lacking sadly.
Gave up and built a mini ITX box next to my laptop. Swap DisplayPort, swap one USB-C, done!
You might enjoy the backstory to the Windows task manager:
1. I run Arch Linux on windows vis WSL which provides pacman as a package manager. Pacman is way better than homebrew.
2. Docker runs much faster on windows compared to Mac.
3. My Mac will freeze up at times, while ctrl+alt+del always works on windows.
4. I am no longer limited to the crappy gpu options on Mac and can actually do gaming on my laptop.