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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Chris 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) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 20 Message-ID: References: <1r5nn2k.7m1rupwur1c6N%snipeco.2@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2025 17:07:15 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="1164fafffde9cefefe9bb40f57dcb61e"; logging-data="1173326"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+eUAoJ8DsKGrF/zCYXzGybxlFRJUcK03g=" User-Agent: NewsTap/5.5 (iPhone/iPod Touch) Cancel-Lock: sha1:wecwYcpxjs1+wT5nmi4DqHvqc2I= sha1:bqz3gp29FLJmN4+RS/hsURVHr8I= Bytes: 2694 Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > On Sun, 5 Jan 2025 00:59:42 -0000 (UTC), Chris wrote: > >> Lawrence D'Oliveiro 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.