Based on our record, Arch Linux seems to be a lot more popular than pkgsrc. While we know about 256 links to Arch Linux, we've tracked only 9 mentions of pkgsrc. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
Arch is a popular Linux distribution(basically an os). Him saying that he uses arch is basically a joke that arch Linux users will always mention that they use the distro. (Also a penguin is also the Linux mascot). Source: 6 months ago
Arch sends distribution news every week or so, usually in one or two paragraphs. https://archlinux.org/ I've followed the gitlab migration and every package and distribution change that warranted community notification for more than a decade. It's such an empowering feeling to have tracked all the changes to the distribution over a decade. The Arch maintainer culture has managed to provide consistent high quality... - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago
When searching for something just add Arch Linux to the and follow official archlinux.org and use duckduckgo.com for better results. You will get amazed how good arch wiki explained everything and how aur has very large apps. Source: 6 months ago
I wonder how many people got frustrated with the solution posted on the front page of https://archlinux.org/, as it seems to not have been fixed for 5 days already. Source: 7 months ago
When I visit the archlinux.org website I can't find the archlinux 2023.10.x update,. Source: 8 months ago
Https://pkgsrc.org/ from netbsd runs on many systems. - Source: Hacker News / 11 days ago
It seems according to pkgsrc.org that pkgin might follow the PKG_PATH environment variable. You're supposed to set PKG_PATH="http://cdn.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/$(uname -p)/$(uname -r|cut -f '1 2' -d.)/All/", and according to uname(1), -p gives the processor architecture and -r gives the operating system [kernel] release. Source: over 1 year ago
It seems like pkgsrc.org hasn’t got the news yet. Source: over 1 year ago
I still have a Slackware install that runs some really old stuff I have. I remember working at AN ISP in the 90s and slack was are secure distro. All the important stuff (authentication, configs, etc.) were stored and served from our 'slack pool'. Funny part is now I do a very basic Slackware install that setup pkgsrc (https://pkgsrc.org) on it so I can really experience the best and worst of times! - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago
Today the second article on cross-platform package management has been published. It features a short description of what Pkgsrc and Ravenports are and a longer part on how they compare. The test environment and procedure is covered and of course the results are presented. At the end a conclusion is drawn. Source: over 2 years ago
Ubuntu - Ubuntu is a Debian Linux-based open source operating system for desktop computers.
Conda - Binary package manager with support for environments.
Linux Mint - Linux Mint is one of the most popular desktop Linux distributions and used by millions of people.
Homebrew - The missing package manager for macOS
Fedora - Fedora creates an innovative, free, and open source platform for hardware, clouds, and containers that enables software developers and community members to build tailored solutions for their users.
Portage - Portage is source-based package manager used by Gentoo and its descendants. It controls all process from fetching source through building it, installing into clean environment to "merging" with already installed software.