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From: Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-11,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: The problem with not owning the software
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2025 16:07:15 -0000 (UTC)
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
> On Sun, 5 Jan 2025 00:59:42 -0000 (UTC), Chris wrote:
> 
>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>> 
>>> That adds Linux-style package-manager functionality that is missing
>>> from macOS. Because without it, trying to install open-source software
>>> turns into a complete nightmare.
>> 
>> Hardly.
> 
> Pro tip: a denial is not a refutation.

Have been using OSS on Mac for 15+ years, including building packages from
source. Far, far easier than on Windows. 

Given that macOS is a single platform it is sometimes even simpler than
linux where there's multiple ways to achieve the same thing depending on
whether it Redhat, debian or ubuntu based and type of kernel you have.