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by CyberFonic 4341 days ago
I've been using a MBP (currently on v10.9.4) for over five years as a developer and I've never had the need to install or use Homebrew. All the programs that I use are available as .dmg or .pkg for installation. Of course YMMV.

I suggest that you wait time a "must have" program is only available as Homebrew, then go with it. As a general rule, I think it is unwise to install programs that you "think you might" need. As Sanswork hints, Apple App Store is where you'll get your OS updates from.
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o_s_m 4341 days ago
Great answers folks. I don't think I will need it in the immediate future, and will attempt to only install necessary software that I anticipate that I will need. I bought the 4gb RAM MBA and it does well...much better in Chrome than in Safari..still learning.
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caw 4340 days ago
There's a project called CakeBrew (https://www.cakebrew.com/) that was featured on HN a while back. It adds a GUI to homebrew.
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