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If you're using linux and also use brew package manager on your machine, what is your use case? I'm curious why people would use brew in addition to their distribution's native package manager.

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[–] pogodem0n@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago

I am using an atomic distribution (uBlue) and installing packages with homebrew is much more convenient than overlaying them with rpm-ostree.