Nix, it's one of the few featuring reproducible builds.
Really have to give it a go one day.
whatever is the standard on whichever distro I'm using
Pacman it's fast at least faster than dnf and apt
Same, and lately paru is a close second since I started using it because yay was re-downloading things and paru has the option to 'KeepSrc'. Also my 12 year daily use Gentoo install got replaced with arch this past week to match everything else so Portage becomes a solid third place for me.
Pacman!
APK, the alpine linux package manager. It is very fast, faster than pacman and it blows apt and dnf out of the water and APKBUILDS are not too hard to write.
yay. because AUR rules. I also really like appimages and standalone binary files like lf file manager
Package format: deb Depends, Recommends, Suggests, Enhances is a far better way to handle dependencies. From the here: https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html
- Depends: absolute dependency that is needed for significant functionality.
- Recommends: strong, but not absolute dependency generally install except in unusual situations.
- Suggests: Installing without is perfectly reasonable, and might means features like an X11 gui wont work.
- Enhances: not a dependency, but something that will enhance the package being installed.
Docker. It's a bit incomplete (regarding available packages) but you can do some really effective stuff like making your command run as nobody or even turning off the internet completely, but just for that co---
---...ooooh. OOOOOH. Package manager. Please forgive my ignorance. Um...paru takes the crown for me, and nala if for some reason someone is pointing a gun towards my bun forcing me to use Ubloatu.
Definitely Nix, with flakes. Running on NixOS and Darwin. Also flatpak,appimage-run,docker when I’m too lazy to package, or when I simply don’t know how to (e.g. electron apps,dotnet)
Yay for Linux because it feels like the easiest way to upgrade, search and install. Scoop for windows because it is sane, only user level permission, and is surprisingly up to date with a large catalog. Also easy to add new entries.
pacman. I have most experience with it and it just seems easier than apt once one learns the commands. less to write overall.
Currently I think that deb + flatpak is best combo. However with immutable systems become more mainstream that might change. However I do believe that flatpak will continue.
Apt and pacman. I prefer pacman but apt is just ingrained in my synapses and, like vi, I just use it without thinking most of the time.
I like pacman/yay enough to the point that I'm hesitant to use any distro that isn't arch-based...
I was reinstalling Linux on my laptop a few days ago and was thinking about going for Fedora, but leaving the AUR behind felt like too big a trade off lmao I'm lazy as hell
So here I am with yet another install of Endeavour. I always go back to it.
Pacman/paru. Why? Just works and in the ways I need them to
