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Re: Ask HN: How to make my macOS less distracting?

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Post by broodbucket » Mon, Jan 24, 2022, 4:09 AM UTC

sgt wrote: post #34

broodbucket wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's a lot of things to pick at desktop Linux for, but maintenance is not one of them, especially not on a mainstream fixed-release distro like Ubuntu. Once you're set up, you're good to go, and you have full control over what you want to change.

That's not exactly the whole truth though. There are tons of issues with desktop Linux lurking in the background, waiting to bite you. Even something as simple as changing one your monitors might land you in deep trouble, or a printer that somehow doesn't work.

Of course, but that's true of everything you can use. Linux has the same excellent printer stack as macOS. Never had any issues with monitors.

I think the biggest difference is that if something goes wrong, the availability and simplicity of documentation is way worse than Windows/Mac for the most part. The upside is that sometimes the level of access you have to bits and pieces lets you fix stuff that wouldn't be possible on other platforms. For the average user that's pretty irrelevant, though.

I don't really buy the general concept that Linux is boobytrapped any more than other OSes.

Re: Ask HN: How to make my macOS less distracting?

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Post by broodbucket » Mon, Jan 24, 2022, 4:09 AM UTC

CSDude wrote: post #28

broodbucket wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's a lot of things to pick at desktop Linux for, but maintenance is not one of them, especially not on a mainstream fixed-release distro like Ubuntu. Once you're set up, you're good to go, and you have full control over what you want to change.

Until what you seek is not in the package manager or there is an old version that is not solving your specific issue. I use Arch btw.

I also use Arch btw, pretty much exclusively for over a decade. Rolling release has that maintenance cost, though. It's way lower than people make it out to be, but it's still there.

Re: Ask HN: How to make my macOS less distracting?

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Post by incanus77 » Mon, Jan 24, 2022, 7:05 PM UTC

One rule I've started using on my devices is to deny notifications when a new app first asks unless the notifications are a key part of why I'm using the software. If something comes up later where you wish you had notifications, just turn them on.

Taking this approach has radically changed how distracting my computing environments are.

Re: Ask HN: How to make my macOS less distracting?

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Post by godDLL » Sat, Jan 29, 2022, 11:04 AM UTC

Flankk wrote: post #57

godDLL wrote: post #55

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What is your advice then? It's not clear. That's what I didn't like. What does one do, where does one go? You did not say nothing.

Can't read between the lines? That's a shame.

You mean can I guess at what number you're thinking of?

With the appropriate amount of shame, no, I can not.

Please clarify your position in a legible manner if you have one.