> On 20 Feb 2019, at 8:00 pm, macports-users-requ...@lists.macports.org wrote:
>
> First let me say I have used MacPorts since 10.6.8.
>
> Recently, given the overall Apple direction for MacOS I stopped and asked
> myself “Why am I doing this?”.
> I started using Mint Linux on VirtualBox and ported a couple of the simpler
> apps I use.
> Mint has come a long way and runs very well on a VBox instance. Data can move
> easily from MacOS to Mint and vice-versa.
> True, I have been a *nix user for decades, but a novice (non-*nix user)
> wouldn’t be using MacPorts anyway.
>
> I appreciate all the work the developers have put into MacPorts but to me the
> handwriting on the wall was when Apple pulled the MacPorts informal support
> they provided for years.
> So my philosophical question is “Why MacPorts these days?”.
I wonder if I’ll tread on toes: In order to seamlessly drain all your money
Apple need to make nice hardware that works well. They do. I run a doz or so
linux VMs, yet having macports provide many of the daily tools I use is
incredibly useful.
James
