My first package manager was YaST, then RPM, then APT. Apt rules, and while I’ve tried some more, I’m not afraid to say APT became my comfort zone.

tell me you have never run slackware witout telling me you have never run slackware.

Not true! I used yum first and it was awful. Then switched and apt made so much more sense.

I started with Ubuntu in the days of apt-get, and boy am I happy I got to use packman now and never add another custom repository ever again

Just use aptitude and be happy.

Disclaimer: while aptitude was originally designed to replicate the apt CLI interface, I have never run the search command through it. The TUI is marvelous, though.

I wonder why apt search on ubuntu and debian must be so bad: on mint each package has a single line and an easy letter telling you if the program is installed or not. On debian/ubuntu each program takes multiple lines, are all green and the only way to distinguish installed ones is to look for an (installed) string at the end of the first line. I like Mint's apt version so much

That’s easy Mercedes hasn’t made the superior car since the 80’s

The feds don't want you to know this but you can just put "-U" at the end of sudo apt upgrade and it updates before upgrading.

Or for the ultimate hobby to dedicate to, cave.

(Prizes for any who even know which package manager and distro that's from.)

I almost used this godzilla gif to illustrate my point instead. Maybe you'll enjoy it more.

I have to admit that I love the "pacman" pun quite a bit, which is nearly enough by itself to convince me to try it. One day. Maybe.

But what about pacman -Ss Sync search? P.S. I like pacman, just that this combination of flags is a bit weird for me personally.

Everyone knows how to read, not everyone will feel comfortable reading the flags.

The thing I don't like about zypper is that it is missing functionality

the equivalent of apt autoremove has to be done through YaST
an equivalent for apt purge does not exist

You can use these abbreviations with DNF too, by the way.

apt --update upgrade

Suse scares me.

Its an excerpt from pacman's configuration file, first line makes the progress bar a pacman that eats dots while downloading packages, the second line is self explanatory and the third allows to download multiple packages at the same time so there are 15 pacmans at all times while downloading.

Been using it for 2 years now, never once had it break unless I messed up the command and tried to update aur packages along with system packages

Tbh i never checked what this means, found it somewhere in the arch wiki when i was trying out arch