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How does it stack up against traditional package management and others like AUR and Nix?

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[–] Hapbt@mastodon.social 35 points 8 months ago (15 children)

@tet its great because you can listen to people whine about it now instead of systemd

[–] kingmongoose7877@lemmy.ml 18 points 8 months ago (11 children)

The two whines are not mutually exclusive. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] pingveno@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (4 children)
[–] kingmongoose7877@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Speaking of which, didja hear that for the upcoming Easter holiday, Amazon is offering a special gift basket of northern Israeli cheeses.

They're calling it Cheeses of Nazareth.

[–] pingveno@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago

You have received the Dad Joke Gold Star

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