[aklug] Re: Linux on a laptop

* Jeremy Austin <jhaustin@gmail.com> [131111 11:20]:
> On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 11:07 AM, Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > > > I too use macports. I strongly considered switching to homebrew,
> > > > but upon examination it seemed as if that could be a lot of work.
> > > >
> > > > Any opinion on homebrew vs. macports Jeremy?
> > >
> > >
> > > I do the ill-advised and use both. Homebrew has been less overall trouble
> > > for me, but some patches are only available on macports. I'd say I prefer
> > > brew but it also hasn't been around as long as macports.
> > Aha! They *can* co-exist then.
> > Perhaps using both is not so ill-advised...
> >
>
> I could be wrong, but I think if care is taken to not install the same
> package (or support library) using both brew and macports, it is usually
> not much trouble. Perhaps a little fiddling with PATH and library configs,
> but so far I've not had many problems.
  Cool! Thanks.

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Tim 
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