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by yoavm 166 days ago
Are you using Homebrew on Linux? Genuinely curious - I never met a Linux user doing that.
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indigodaddy 166 days ago
Brew actually works very nicely for Linux and is a useful method to enable package management of cli tools/libraries at the user level.

It's also widely accepted as one of the tools of choice for package persistence on immutable distros (distrobox/toolbox is also another approach):

https://docs.projectbluefin.io/bluefin-dx/

Also, for example I use it for package management for KASM workspaces:

https://gist.github.com/jgbrwn/28645fcf4ac5a4176f715a6f9b170...

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serpix 166 days ago
Linuxbrew is absolutely fantastic. No need to mess with apt repositories and can keep custom binaries separate from the os. Almost everything is there, and it just works.
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embedding-shape 166 days ago
At least one other person also does:

> as long as I have a basic Linux environment, Homebrew, and Steam

https://xeiaso.net/blog/2025/yotld/ (An year of the Linux Desktop)

I guess some post-macOS users might bring it with them when moving. If it works :shrug:

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