[whalesalad]

Funny you say that. I can see your perspective but at the same time the beauty of Unix is that the OS is really just a bunch of files you can see and manipulate yourself. The system doesn’t have convoluted registry systems for instance to hold state.

So for me, deleting a few files is as good as or better than asking a package manager to do it. It proves to me that the OS is simple.

I think we have become so accustomed to complexity that now we often seek it because the simple way “couldn’t possibly be right?”

[ernst_klim]

>I can see your perspective but at the same time the beauty of Unix

Ah, beauty of unix =)

Using commands with terrible interfaces, lack of error messages and confirmation dialogs, which silently wipe your whole FS if you mistype them.

Yeah, I would like to upgrade using a bunch of these (no, not really).

[CameronNemo]

Wow this is gatekeeping if I have ever seen it before. A package manager that tracks all files installed by a distribution of software is an excellent tool, and in no way incompatible with the Unix philosophy.

[anthk]

Unix packages are an extra. On true Unixen, /usr and /usr/local exist for a reason.

[whalesalad]

I'm incredibly curious in hearing your rationalization for accusing me of this 'gatekeeping' ???