Patrick Linnane@linnane@mastodon.social

Homebrew describes itself as The Package Manager for Everywhere now. I went through our public analytics to see how well that holds up.

@UniversalBlue images are about a quarter of non-CI Linux events, with Bazzite alone at roughly one in five. They ship brew by default and it shows.

If you maintain something that ships Homebrew, I’d like to hear from you.

starhaven.io/blog/2026-07-27-t

The starhaven.io logo: a star above a crescent on a dark field.starhaven.ioThe Package Manager for EverywhereHomebrew has grown far beyond its macOS roots
Patrick Linnane@linnane@mastodon.social

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Mentioned in the post and worth your time: @zhongruoyu put huge effort into Homebrew's ARM64 Linux support and helping make it a Tier 1 platform. His FOSDEM 2025 talk on that work is excellent.

zhongruoyu.com/talks/homebrew-

Ruoyu ZhongHomebrew on ARM64 LinuxThis talk explored the technical hurdles for adapting the package manager to the ARM64 Linux platform. I examined the work done so far and the ongoing work needed to make Homebrew more accessible and reliable for ARM64 Linux users.
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