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by pjmlp 2038 days ago
On the contrary, I use macOS for what it is and the value of its development stack, not as a pretty replacement for GNU/Linux, for that I already have my Asus netbook.
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>On the contrary, I use macOS for what it is and the value of its development stack

OK, I get what you mean.

But "what it is" includes being a very usable Unix core that can run all kinds of stuff one might want.

So, like you, I don't expect macOS to be a GNU/Linux, or cater to tinkering and Linux/FOSS preferences. And I do my Linux-based development in Docker, remote VPS and servers, and so on.

But, on the other hand, I wouldn't carry two laptops, a "Linux" one for running postgres and redis and gnuplot, and a Mac one for running XCode and Instruments and Photoshop, out of some principle that Mac is Mac and Linux is Linux and "never the twain (use cases) shall meet".

We got this far down before we find out you don't actually do anything on your Mac that would require Homebrew? Well played.