Lima: Linux-on-Mac

Re:Lima: Linux-on-Mac by TheAceOfHearts on Friday May 14, 2021 @02:37PM (#27158072)

I don't feel that I have to fight the operating system at all. In order to get the package manager and a modern version of coreutils you have to run three commands:

    $ sudo xcode-select --install
    $ /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
    $ brew install coreutils

The upside is getting a system where most of what I need works out of the box with fairly sensible defaults. The viability of macOS probably depends heavily on the kind of work you're doing.

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Re:Lima: Linux-on-Mac by nathancahill on Friday May 14, 2021 @05:10PM (#27159740)

I can't tell if you're being sarcastic, and I say this as a Mac fan, but your 3 commands are:

  - Install a whole IDE, so you can...
  - Install an unofficial package managar, so you can...
  - Install coreutils

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Re:Lima: Linux-on-Mac by Ducki on Friday May 14, 2021 @05:33PM (#27159938)

"sudo xcode-select --install" doesn't install the whole IDE, just some cli tools.

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Re:Lima: Linux-on-Mac by kalleboo on Saturday May 15, 2021 @12:14PM (#27166480)

> an unofficial package manager

I thought the reason everyone loved Linux was because you could mix and match components and choose what fits for you. But suddenly "an unofficial package manager" is out of bounds?

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Re:Lima: Linux-on-Mac by xodice on Saturday May 15, 2021 @03:56AM (#27163327)

'xcode-select --install' literally just installs the developer command line utilities, not an IDE.

Xcode, the IDE, is a separate download on the App Store.

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