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I'm with you. I find that I feel like I know Linux like the back of my hands because I can fluidly interface with stock tools with a breeze. These new tools are great but I just don't see them widely spread across many remote systems that I manage. Just managing those packages across a fleet sounds like a pain in the ass.

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These new tools are great but I just don't see them widely spread across many remote systems

I had smart, experience people tell me not to waste my time using the GNU tools for this exact reason back in the day

Nothing like logging into a freshly installed Solaris system and having to configure it using Bourne shell, which didn't have job control or history. At least it had vi. Usually the first thing you would do is get enough networking going to download bash and the GNU tools. But there were always some old timers around who wanted to haze the youngsters by forcing you to do everything with "native" tools.

> Just managing those packages across a fleet sounds like a pain in the ass.

Use Homebrew?

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