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I get all the ease of use of something like macOS but pre-built with tools for development like distrobox, and then I can just build my dev environments and get shit done in no time, without having to worry about breaking updates or nuking the who", "context": "", "use_case": "dev environments", "switched_from": "", "story": "I dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too"}, {"id": 743892865, "item_id": 46493304, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46493304", "by": "indigodaddy", "date": "2026-01-04", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "distrobox/toolbox is also another approach", "excerpt": "Brew actually works very nicely for Linux and is a useful method to enable package management of cli tools/libraries at the user level. It's also widely accepted as one of the tools of choice for package persistence on immutable distros (distrobox/toolbox is also another approach): https://docs.projectbluefin.io/bluefin-dx/ Also, for example I use it for package management for KASM workspaces: https://gist.github.com", "context": "", "use_case": "containerized package management", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Terminal UI for AWS"}, {"id": 743542337, "item_id": 46471396, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46471396", "by": "Alupis", "date": "2026-01-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I develop using distrobox[2] (pet containers) on podman. It \"Just Works\".", "excerpt": "I've used Fedora on my laptop for over a decade. I switched my main home workstation to Fedora in 2023, and haven't looked back since. My workstation runs Kinoite[1], an immutable/atomic version of Fedora. I started with Fedora 38, and now am running 43. Flawless major-release upgrades. I develop using distrobox[2] (pet containers) on podman. It \"Just Works\". Nearly 99% of my Steam library is playable on Fedora too. ", "context": "", "use_case": "development containers", "switched_from": "", "story": "2026 will be my year of the Linux desktop"}, {"id": 737480836, "item_id": 46092552, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46092552", "by": "SamDc73", "date": "2025-11-29", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "distrobox (with arch)", "excerpt": "I\u2019ve been using it for a couple of months on my main dev machine (I don\u2019t game much). It\u2019s my first exposure to immutable systems. I love the idea, but honestly, juggling all these package managers gets annoying really fast; for now what I use is rpm-ostree (which you really shouldn\u2019t touch unless you absolutely have to), Flatpak, Homebrew (some package are mac only or mac first), and distrobox (with arch). Every now", "context": "", "use_case": "Arch containers", "switched_from": "", "story": "Bazzite: Operating System for Linux gaming"}]}