apt
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
4recommend
0warn against
Nov 4, 2025first mention
Oct 16, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“Brew is nice and all, but it's nothing compared to pacman/apt.”
former Linux user now on Mac for workon “Ask HN: What Linux distro do you daily drive?”
“apt-get is kinda old, "apt" is the new thing.”
switched from apt-geton “Typing Speed Test, but for Developers”
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“apt is/was the best thing since recycled electrons”
“There's also an official new porcelain in APT itself, aptly called "apt".”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
Often compared with
Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- Ubuntu 26.10 (Stonking Stingray) released 1 mention
- Ask HN: What Linux distro do you daily drive? 1 mention
- Typing Speed Test, but for Developers 1 mention
- Package Managers need global hooks 1 mention
- Homebrew 6.0.0 1 mention
- Linux from Scratch 1 mention
Data: apt.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 7
“apt/dnf/emerge/etc. are main package managers of the systems”
“Brew is nice and all, but it's nothing compared to pacman/apt.”
“apt-get is kinda old, "apt" is the new thing.”
“Apt, rpm.”
“Usually I try to get an Apt source (I use Ubuntu).”
“apt is/was the best thing since recycled electrons”
“There's also an official new porcelain in APT itself, aptly called "apt".”