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I would seriously bet that <1% of Mac owners have ever run (Docker|Android Studio|Ableton), and fwiw I used Homebrew just fine off the bat "for full stable support without Roset…
by ladberg · Sep 14, 2026
I had jumped into chats and a github issue as I recall, probably 7-8 years ago based on the employer I was researching it for, but would be hard to track that down now. Anyway,…
by lrvick · Sep 14, 2026
Homebrew does this as well, I keep my packages synced with a Brewfile in chezmoi. Obv this only works for brewed packages though.
by threecheese · Sep 14, 2026
The polite Homebrew project that used to market themselves with "MacPorts driving you to drink?" on their website.
by vor_ · Sep 14, 2026
I reluctantly switched from MacPorts to Homebrew around 2014. At that time Homebrew had that yuck factor by recommending it be installed into /usr/local rather than &#…
by kccqzy · Sep 13, 2026
I switched from brew to macports, and I have not experienced the first problem at all. In fact, I had more problems with brew, where some package needed to be updated that I did…
by teh64 · Sep 13, 2026
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Homebrewing mainly refers to small-scale, non-commercial manufacture of a drink, typically beer. Read more on Wikipedia