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What's the difference between package manager and why are there so many?

Are they so different that it’s justified to have so many different distributions? So far I guess that different package manager are the reason that divides the linux community. One may be on KDE and one on GNOME but they can use each other’s packages but usually you are bound to one manager

dino,

I couldn’t disagree more! Package managers are actually the only thing which differentiates distributions by a large margin. Syntax should be intuitive, download/updates fast and reliable. Also when watching git repositories for new software alternatives, you e.g. see often packages for good package managers, whereas you need to go some extra mile for “stable” package managers.

dino,

Can you decouple a package manager from its repository like that? And even if, is that a real world example?

dino,

Just found this too, through the rust post some days ago…but its quite obvious that from a usability context that btop is easier to use. With bottom you have to memorize all hotkeys wheres btop is showing them right in the interface.

dino,

I agree here, although I have no clue why it looks so different.

dino,

I heard the opposite, that guille is easier to learn than NixOS language.

dino,

We need more GUIX here. Not using the distro but really interested in knowing more about it. Hype seems to be solely focused on NixOS lately.

dino,

Is it common than whenever somebody brings up “emacs” its a wall of text? Please don’t take seriously.

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