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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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why does ublue bundle homebrew? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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What's up with homebrew that you'd have it installed by default on linux?

I don't understand the appeal of it, can someone help me?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I don't know the pros or cons of it vs Nix and others, but one pro is that it also runs on MacOS and other OSs. I've never used it, but it's nice that uBlue offers a simple installation ootb.
Many devs seem to use it regularly, and it isn't dead simple to set up from what I've heard. When uBlue offers an installation, then there is at least one person using it, otherwise it wouldn't exist :D