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Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail 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 16:32:15 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 17 Message-ID: <vlec6f$1433d$1@dont-email.me> References: <vkfva1$28j6k$1@toylet.eternal-september.org> <vkhqif$2hvap$1@dont-email.me> <vkmd9n$3l76a$4@toylet.eternal-september.org> <vko7up$6qks$2@dont-email.me> <ltb26aFov8dU1@mid.individual.net> <fUYbP.143220$bYV2.129957@fx17.iad> <ltbjk1FrgqvU3@mid.individual.net> <zKecnbsivueyNO36nZ2dnZfqn_HTpa6r@earthlink.com> <vks1gq.ufk.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net> <ltdrjlF7nkqU6@mid.individual.net> <vkso91$12a03$10@dont-email.me> <vktlct$1i26p$9@dont-email.me> <vkvfi0$1sirn$4@dont-email.me> <vl3reg$2runj$1@dont-email.me> <vl4578$2tjip$4@dont-email.me> <vl57cv$36qpj$1@dont-email.me> <vl5vlk$3b63u$1@dont-email.me> <vl72g8$3h9eh$6@dont-email.me> <vla6jr$61h7$1@dont-email.me> <vlaen8$au6q$2@dont-email.me> <O2ceP.256279$ZAue.230404@fx12.iad> <vlcbpm.vp8.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net> <1r5nn2k.7m1rupwur1c6N%snipeco.2@gmail.com> <vlckcq$mcpa$9@dont-email.me> <IZleP.16280$YXj.12982@fx34.iad> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2025 17:32:16 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="1164fafffde9cefefe9bb40f57dcb61e"; logging-data="1182829"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18fle1BjfuVEtn3J5OZxcUvVZGNpXMVCtg=" User-Agent: NewsTap/5.5 (iPhone/iPod Touch) Cancel-Lock: sha1:3OQexjFSrH3mODuUo9vxud00QGY= sha1:l/QGgKglRIzV+EDhJOz1RjrW5K0= Bytes: 2637 Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote: > On 2025-01-04 19:39, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >> On Sat, 4 Jan 2025 21:50:21 +0000, Sn!pe wrote: >> >>> [OT] That's the great thing about Apple: from the users' viewpoint it >>> all "just works". >> >> Until it doesn’t. Why do you think Mac users feel the need for something >> like Homebrew? 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. > > I wanted to install something to calculate the wear on my MacBook M1's > storage and experienced this first-hand. It's much easier with Linux. That's a surprise. Was trivial here.