XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy, comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: jedi@nomad.mishnet   
      
   On 2010-12-08, ZnU  wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   >  JEDIDIAH  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2010-12-07, Justin  wrote:   
   >> > Alot better than APT.  Pretty much everything available for linux is   
   >> > available on Snow Leopard via MacPorts.   
   >>   
   >>     What about Quicktime plugins? Does it manage that?   
   >>   
   >>     That's the first thing that needs to be sorted out with a proper package   
   >> manager. The fact that you can install "alien platform" software on a Mac   
   with   
   >> a 3rd party package manager is not really that compelling.   
   >>   
   >>     Package manager are a lot less compelling for self-contained products   
   and   
   >> tend to be much more useful for things that come with a lot of dependencies   
   to   
   >> sort out. That very issue is why I started using package managers myself.   
   >>   
   >>     I found that sorting out all of the bits and bobs for early GNUstep and   
   >> KDE builds were starting to be too much of a bother.   
   >   
   > Native OS X software rarely has external third-party dependancies.   
      
       Yeah. Just the really important core stuff has those problems.   
      
   > Meanwhile, *nix-style software can be installed via *nix-style package   
   > managers. Remind me again what the problem is supposed to be?   
      
       Quicktime.   
      
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   	Sure, I could use iTunes even under Linux. However, I have       |||   
   better things to do with my time than deal with how iTunes doesn't      / | \   
   want to play nicely with everyone else's data (namely mine). I'd   
   rather create a DVD using those Linux apps we're told don't exist.   
      
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