While macOS only really gets Unix certified they design of the flavor of unix from FreeBSD. Homebrew is also the best port system and package manager I have ever used because it requires no thinking. I actually dislike using Linux because now I have to learn the replacement from ifconfig, the creation of launchd IMHO is way better than init.d and systemd, and the command line diskutil and other additions still feel like its more Unix like while Linux feels like its moving toward its own thing. Before I was using macOS I was using OpenBSD as my daily driver since high school. I still don't understand though why Ubuntu has the ability to break /boot because there isn't enough space to add another kernel to there...

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StopDisinfo910 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

I’m going to comment on the homebrew part because well that’s your tastes but I personally think it’s the worst package manager I have ever used and is not really a port system so opinions do vary here.

> I have to learn the replacement from ifconfig

MacOs switched to networksetup and ipconfig a long time ago. Ifconfig is not recommended so the situation is exactly the same than on Linux here.

> launchd IMHO is way better than init.d and systemd

Systemd is basically a more complete and better designed launchd. Having used both I have trouble thinking of anything launchd does better.

> the command line diskutil and other additions still feel like its more Unix like

Diskutil is a MacOS only tool. I’m a bit lost about what your argument is here.

Linux still use fdisk and dedicated tools to create file systems exactly like on FreeBSD or any other Unix. It’s MacOs doing its own thing here.

	▲	zitterbewegung 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Thank you for correcting me I appreciate it I will use those new commands.

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pxc 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

How is launchd better than systemd? I find the commands much more verbose and the documentation more obscure

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samgranieri 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Homebrew is pretty nice. I think it's better than Fink (mac DPKG), and MacPorts (mac Freebsd-based). I'm actually using homebrew right now on ubuntu 25 for a few packages that I don't feel like compiling from source or installing from some random PPA or apt source.

All that being said, I've spent some time on Arch, and I really like pacman and the AUR setup. And all that documentation is just amazing. I really didn't understand systemd before I read the archwiki article on it.

SystemD I think was a bit inspired by Launchd.