Apt because...it's all I know 😅
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AUR because it sometimes comes with bonus packages. Last week I downloaded a text editor and got a free crypto miner on the side
I think my favorite to use is apt, the various incantations you use the most are nicely spelled out and if you need some nitty gritty you can just call dpkg directly.
dnf out of the two that I've tried. It's a little more streamlined than apt, it seems.
Alpine apk, it is simple and really fast, and I love that there’s a file where I can just type the programs I want, and then it installs them. And with the chimera linux cbuild system it is just incredible
Is brew a package manager? That.
On macOS, but it seems like using apt on Linux (command line) back in the day.
Honestly I like most of them. they're all pretty good. that being said wasn't a fan of xbps. found it slow. Nix is great too. it's just so damn easy. especially if you use comma. I also like DNF. pacman's pretty good too especially when you add "ILoveCandy" to the conf. Portage is great too.
But honestly out of all of them, and this isn't linux, but FreeBSD's is my favourite.
I don't know maybe it was the mirror I was on, maybe it was a bad day for it, but installing packages took awhile.
I like using apt packages as long as I am using nala as the CLI. it is such an upgrade.
Apt4rpm.
RPM has validation and checking that is second only to nix, and has had it for decades.
Apt on top was the best thing conectiva ever did (but using apt for dist-upgrade and downgrade was also amazing).
Bazaar (flatpaks) because of its aesthetics and ease of use. Also, it's a good way to find niche apps directly published by their authors.
I also now avoid the AUR altogether.
Well I dont know what to like about it, but I`m using mainly debian and fedora...so apt and dnf

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